Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
 Former Presbyterian church | |
 Location of Snow Shoe in Centre County, Pennsylvania. | |
  Snow Shoe  Snow Shoe | |
| Coordinates: 41°01′40″N 77°56′57″W / 41.02778°N 77.94917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Centre |
| Settled | 1850 |
| Incorporated (borough) | 1907 |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.59 sq mi (1.53 km2) |
| • Land | 0.59 sq mi (1.53 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,601 ft (488 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 765 |
• Estimate (2019)[2] | 765 |
| • Density | 1,298.81/sq mi (501.50/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT |
| Zip code | 16874 |
| Area code | 814 |
| FIPS code | 42-71600 |
Snow Shoe is a borough in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 765 at the 2010 census.
According to tradition, Snow Shoe was so named when a pair of snowshoes were found at an Indian village near the present town site.[3]
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.