Struble, Pennsylvania

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Struble is an unincorporated community in Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, located at 40°46′58″N 77°52′34″W / 40.78278, -77.87611Coordinates: 40°46′58″N 77°52′34″W / 40.78278, -77.87611.

The town was named after Conrad Struble, who owned a farm there which proved to lie over rich deposits of iron ore.[1] Mining began in 1880. The Bellefonte and Buffalo Run Railroad graded a right-of-way from Bellefonte to the ore pits in 1883, but track was not laid until 1887, by its successor the Buffalo Run, Bellefonte and Bald Eagle Railroad.[2] Even after the end of ore mining, Struble remained an important junction point on the railroad, now the Bellefonte Central.

With the expansion of State College, Struble has become a suburb of that borough.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Conrad Struble. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
  2. ^ Rudnicki, Jack; Mike Bezilla (2001). "From Iron Ore to Limestone and Lime...to Nothing". National Railway Bulletin 66 (2): 4–33. 
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