Puttstown, Pennsylvania

Puttstown, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated Community
Puttstown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°22′48″N 78°23′44″W / 40.38000°N 78.39556°W / 40.38000; -78.39556
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Huntingdon
Founded	1840
Government
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Zip code	16678
Area code(s)	814

Puttstown is an unincorporated community in Hopewell Township in south-westernHuntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is situated along Pennsylvania Route 913, east of Saxton, Pennsylvania, near the Huntingdon-Bedford county line.

History

The small community was first established in 1840, when Henry Putt erected a homestead and a grist mill adjacent to Shoups Run, It was first a log mill, with one run of stones that were quarried on Broad Top Mountain. It was propelled by water from Shoup's Run. In 1853 the old log mill was taken down and a framed structure erected on its site by Levi Putt, a son of Henry. In this there are three run of burr stones. ^[1] By 1880, Puttstown had developed a grist mill, a tannery and about 30 dwellings.^[1]

References

1 2 History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania by J. Simpson Africa Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883, pp. 288-292. Revised and proofread by Judy Banja.

Municipalities and communities of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Huntingdon
Boroughs	Alexandria Birmingham Broad Top City Cassville Coalmont Dudley Huntingdon Mapleton Marklesburg Mill Creek Mount Union Orbisonia Petersburg Rockhill Saltillo Shade Gap Shirleysburg Three Springs
Townships	Barree Brady Carbon Cass Clay Cromwell Dublin Franklin Henderson Hopewell Jackson Juniata Lincoln Logan Miller Morris Oneida Penn Porter Shirley Smithfield Springfield Spruce Creek Tell Todd Union Walker Warriors Mark West Wood
CDPs	Allenport McConnellstown
Unincorporated communities	Ardenheim Blairs Mills Calvin Donation Entriken Hesston McAlevys Fort Neelyton Pennsylvania Furnace Puttstown Robertsdale Spruce Creek Warriors Mark Water Street Wood‡
Ghost town	Aitch
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°22′48″N 78°23′45″W / 40.38000°N 78.39583°W / 40.38000; -78.39583

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