Oak Hall, Pennsylvania
Oak Hall, Pennsylvania | |
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 The Johnstonbaugh House in the Oak Hall Historic District | |
  Oak Hall Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania  Oak Hall Oak Hall (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°47′38.22″N 77°48′9″W / 40.7939500°N 77.80250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Centre |
| Township | College |
| Elevation | 1,047 ft (319 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 16827 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1182758[1] |
Oak Hall is a village and an unincorporated community in College Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is in Happy Valley and the larger Nittany Valley.
History
[edit]The Oak Hall Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[2] During the construction of U.S. Route 322, locally known as the Mount Nittany Expressway, much of the village was demolished.[3]
Geography
[edit]Oak Hall is in the foothills of Nittany Mountain halfway between Lemont and Boalsburg. Limestone soil served the agricultural community along Cedar Run.[3] The Oak Hall Quarry, operated by Hanson Aggregates Pennsylvania LLC, is on the north side of the village.[4] Oak Hall Regional Park is a 68-acre park that hosts regional softball tournaments among other activities.[5]
Cedar Run flows into Spring Creek in Oak Hall. These are limestone streams[6] making Oak Hall a popular fly fishing spot, particularly for trout.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oak Hall, Pennsylvania
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "The ABCs of Centre County". Centre County Historical Society. May 26, 2024.
- ^ "Hanson Aggregates". Hubbiz.
- ^ "Oak Hall Regional Park". Centre Region Parks & Recreation Authority.
- ^ Wurster, Clifford (March 8, 2019). "Fishing Spring Creek". THE SPRING CREEK WATERSHED ATLAS.
- ^ Zazworsky, Dan (January 27, 2022). "Penn State Fly Fishing Receives Historic Endowment". Flylords.
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