Welcome to Huntingdon Furnace ...

Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County<1>.

The location of Huntingdon Furnace has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Huntingdon Furnace, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1829.

Huntingdon Furnace is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Huntingdon Furnace lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Huntingdon Furnace: (814)

Communities near Huntingdon Furnace ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Huntingdon Furnace.

• Altoona
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
  • Altoona is located in Blair County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,989 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altoona <4>
• State College
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State College
  • State College is located in Centre County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,366 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for State College <4>
• Huntingdon
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon
  • Huntingdon is located in Huntingdon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,879 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntingdon <4>
• Tyrone
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tyrone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
  • Tyrone is located in Blair County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,095 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tyrone <4>
• Philipsburg
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Philipsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philipsburg
  • Philipsburg is located in Centre County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,678 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philipsburg <4>
• Bellwood
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
  • Bellwood is located in Blair County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,751 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellwood <4>
• Williamsburg
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
  • Williamsburg is located in Blair County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsburg <4>
• Osceola Mills
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Osceola Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Mills
  • Osceola Mills is located in Clearfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola Mills <4>
• Chester Hill
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Hill
  • Chester Hill is located in Clearfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
• Houtzdale
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houtzdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houtzdale
  • Houtzdale is located in Clearfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houtzdale <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Huntingdon Furnace. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Huntingdon Furnace.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Huntingdon Furnace. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Huntingdon Furnace.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Huntingdon Furnace. See our Newspapers Page for Huntingdon Furnace.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Huntingdon Furnace ...

Looking for more information about Huntingdon Furnace? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Huntingdon Furnace, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Huntingdon Furnace.

Adding Huntingdon Furnace to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Huntingdon Furnace in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Huntingdon Furnace was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Huntingdon Furnace post office opened in 1829.

We also found Huntingdon Furnace on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Huntingdon Furnace.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Huntingdon Furnace. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Huntingdon County: www.huntingdoncounty.net/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/