Sprankle Mills, Pennsylvania

Sprankle Mills is a small unincorporated rural community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located between the boroughs of Punxsutawney and Brookville. Sprankle Mills was founded in 1833 by Frederick Sprankle who owned a mill in the middle of town. Primarily a farming community this town, in the mid-to-late 19th century, had two general stores, a post office and a one room school house. The post office, which was located in one of the general stores, was a working post office until the late 1980s. While the one-room school house is still standing it is primarily used as a gathering place for residents during occasions such as the first day of fishing season and on voting days. The last class of students to use the building as a school was in 1962.

This small farming community consisted of German settlers. Some of the original residents have ancestors occupying the original homesteads. Some of these names include: Raybuck, Mottern, and Mauk.

Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States County seat: Brookville Boroughs Big Run Brockway Brookville Corsica Falls Creek‡ Punxsutawney Reynoldsville Summerville Sykesville Timblin Worthville Townships Barnett Beaver Bell Clover Eldred Gaskill Heath Henderson Knox McCalmont Oliver Perry Pine Creek Polk Porter Ringgold Rose Snyder Union Warsaw Washington Winslow Young CDP Crenshaw Unincorporated communities Anita Desire Hamilton Knox Dale Panic Sigel Sprankle Mills Stump Creek Valier Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 41°00′07″N 79°06′49″W / 41.00194°N 79.11361°W / 41.00194; -79.11361