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Potters Mills, Pennsylvania

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Coordinates: 40°47′45″N 77°37′31″W / 40.79583°N 77.62528°W / 40.79583; -77.62528
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Potters Mills, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Potters Mills is located in Pennsylvania
Potters Mills
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Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Potters Mills is located in the United States
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Mills (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°47′45″N 77°37′31″W / 40.79583°N 77.62528°W / 40.79583; -77.62528
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyCentre
TownshipPotter
Area
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 • Total1.27 sq mi (3.30 km2)
 • Land1.27 sq mi (3.30 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,253 ft (382 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total263
 • Density206.60/sq mi (79.74/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code42-62384
GNIS feature ID1184344[3]

Potters Mills is a hamlet in Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States, just east of the Potter-Allison Farm.[4] It is named after General James Potter (1729–1789), who built a log cabin and grist mill there, at what is now the intersection of General Potter Highway (U.S. Route 322) and the Old Fort Road (Pennsylvania Route 144).

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020263—
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Potters Mills, Pennsylvania
  4. ^ "Potter's Mills, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1879. Biographical Sketch of John Potter, Jr., pg. 508


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