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 Hesston Puttstown Robertsdale Spruce Creek Water Street

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

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