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Pine Grove Mills is an unincorporated community, village, and census-designated place (CDP) in Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,481 at the 2020 census.

Pine Grove Mills CDP overview:
Name:	Pine Grove Mills CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Centre County
Elevation:	1,300 ft (400 m)
Total Area:	2.50 sq mi (6.49 km²)
Land Area:	2.50 sq mi (6.49 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	1,481
Population Density:	591.45/sq mi (228.36/km²)
ZIP code:	16868, 16801, 16865
Area code:	814
FIPS code:	4260496
GNISfeature ID:	1183816

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History

Thomas Ferguson, who, in 1791, bought 321 acres (1.30 km) of land for 300 pounds in gold and silver coins, is credited with founding Pine Grove Mills. In 1800, he dammed Slab Cabin Run and built the first of the mills that would eventually give the town its name. According to local tradition, a grove of pine trees separating the sawmill from the gristmill along the run provided the rest of the name.

John Patton Jr., son of Centre Furnace ironmaster Col. John Patton, laid out the town of Pattonville at the east end of Pine Grove Mills in 1815, and the entire village went by Pattonville for a time.

The post office, founded in 1809, was continually known as the Pine Grove Mills post office, however, and the town eventually reverted to the original name.

The village celebrated its bicentennial in 2001. This included the publication of a book.

In June of 2018, a farmers market began in the parking lot of St Paul Lutheran Church.

Beginning in 2018, the Centre Region Planning Agency, a department of the Centre Region Council of Governments, led the development of a small area plan alongside residents and Ferguson Township staff. On November 4, 2019, the Ferguson Township Board of Supervisors approved and adopted the plan. Early in 2020, the Board of Supervisors voted to create a standing committee to provide advice and recommendations on the implementation of the plan.

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Geography

Pine Grove Mills is located in southern Centre County at 40°44′7″N 77°53′3″W / 40.73528°N 77.88417°W / 40.73528; -77.88417 (40.735391, -77.884043), near the southern border of Ferguson Township, which is the Centre County/Huntingdon County line. The town is in the Nittany Valley at the base of Tussey Mountain (often called Pine Grove Mountain by residents), a long ridge that in part forms the southern edge of the valley.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.51 square miles (6.49 km), all land.

Pine Grove Mills is 5 miles (8 km) south of State College at the intersection of State Highways 26 and 45. PA 26 turns south to cross Tussey Mountain into Huntingdon County, while PA 45 continues southwest in the valley, also entering Huntingdon County.