History · Centre Hall

A history of Centre Hall,
since 1847

Postcards, papers and photographs of Centre Hall from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

1847established
12old images & papers
0recent photos
From Centre Hall’s archive · credits on each photo

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Centre Hall is a borough in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in Penns Valley and is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Centre Hall had a population of 1,268. Centre Hall was so named on account of its location near the geographical center of Penns Valley.

Centre Hall was established in 1847. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,265 people in 2010, 1,268 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1952.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Centre Hall yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
1847Established
1874Atlas of Centre County, PennsylvaniaMap
1930s11 items · HABS PA,14-CENHA.V,1- (sheet 0 of 10)…Commons
1940–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
Help out

Finish Centre Hall’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHABS PA,14-CENHA.V,1- (sheet 0 of…, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people from Centre Hall

See all 1 →
By decade

Centre Hall, decade by decade

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as HABS PA,14-CENHA.V,1- (sheet 0 of 10) - Old Fort Tavern (1933) and it appears here side by side.

🔁 Retake this view · +15

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

From Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

The coffee’s on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Centre Hall, PAView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map
Loading boundary…

Centre Hall is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01