Waddle, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 40°50′2″N 77°56′5″W / 40.83389°N 77.93472°W

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Waddle, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°50′2″N 77°56′5″W / 40.83389°N 77.93472°W / 40.83389; -77.93472
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Centre
Township	Patton
Elevation	1,109 ft (338 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1198307^[1]

Waddle is a populated place in Patton Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Happy Valley and the larger Nittany Valley.^[2]

Geography

Waddle is at the foothills of the Bald Eagle Mountain. It is north of Grays Woods, west of Fillmore, south of Julian, and east of Skytop.^[3] Buffalo Run, a tributary of Spring Creek, flows through the community.^[1]

Waddle is off of exit 68 Grays Woods/Waddle on Interstate 99.^[4] Pennsylvania Route 550 locally known as Buffalo Run Road passes through Waddle.

History

In the 1880s Waddle grew as a railway town on the main line between Bellefonte and State College. The Bellefonte Central Railroad added lines from Waddle to the mines near Scotia. This allowed ore to be shipped straight to Bellefonte, as oppose to via Tyrone. In 1910 the McNitt-Huyett Lumber Company built a large sawmill in Waddle, connected to the pine barrens near Scotia.^[5] Up until the construction of North Atherton Street and Skytop Mountain Road from Downtown State College to Martha's Furnace in 1932, the main road into Waddle from State College was a dirt road from College Heights.^[6] Rail service between Waddle and State College ended in 1976.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Waddle, Pennsylvania
^ pennsylvania.hometownlocator.com/pa/centre/waddle.cfm Waddle, Pennsylvania, accessed 10 March 2011
^ Gold, David P.; Doden, Arnold G. (March 3, 2008). "Geological Report on the Skytop Road Cuts" (PDF). The Department of Geosciences.
^ "Interstate 99 Exit Guide".
^ Hazelton, Bob (July 5, 2024). "Scotia". centrehistory.org.
^ "Penn State Diary". StateCollege.com. November 6, 2024.
^ "Scotia: An Area Rich in History". clearwaterconservancy.org. ClearWater Conservancy. July 30, 2020.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Bellefonte
Boroughs	Bellefonte Centre Hall Howard Milesburg Millheim Philipsburg Port Matilda Snow Shoe State College Unionville
Townships	Benner Boggs Burnside College Curtin Ferguson Gregg Haines Halfmoon Harris Howard Huston Liberty Marion Miles Patton Penn Potter Rush Snow Shoe Spring Taylor Union Walker Worth
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Regions	Bald Eagle Valley Happy Valley Moshannon Valley Nittany Valley Penns Valley
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