Livonia, Pennsylvania

Livonia, Pennsylvania
unicorporated community
Livonia, Pennsylvania

Location within the state of Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 40°58′50″N 77°17′30″W / 40.98056°N 77.29167°W / 40.98056; -77.29167Coordinates: 40°58′50″N 77°17′30″W / 40.98056°N 77.29167°W / 40.98056; -77.29167
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Centre County
Township Miles Township
Settled ~1840
Elevation 1,499 ft (457 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC)
ZIP code 16872
Area code(s) 570

Livonia is an unincorporated community in the Appalachian Mountains of central Pennsylvania, United States. Livonia is in Miles Township, Centre County, near the head of Brush Valley, just west of Hough Mountain and just north of Elk Creek.[1] It is located on Railroad Creek at the intersection of Pennsylvania Routes PA 477 and PA 192. Elevation is 1,499 feet.[2] The nearest post office is in Loganton, Pennsylvania, but mail in handled out of Rebersburg.

Nearby is Bald Eagle State Forest and White Deer Creek is known for its fly-fishing.[3]

History

Livonia was first settled in the 1840s, but the economy did not flourish until the railroad spur reached them about 1900 during a logging boom.[4] There was a Civilian Conservation Corps camp there from 1933 to 1942.[5]

Notes and references

  1. United States Geological Survey. Miles Township Map (Map). Archived from the original on 4 January 2015.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Livonia, Pennsylvania
  3. Wolf, Dave (2007). "White Deer Creek". Flyfisher's Guide to Pennsylvania. Belgrade, Montana: Wilderness Adventures Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-932098-51-8.
  4. Snyder, Charles McCool; et al. (2000). Union County, Pennsylvania: A Celebration of History (second ed.). Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: Union County Historical Society. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-917127-13-7.
  5. Speakman, Joseph M. (2006). At Work in Penn's Woods: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-271-02876-7.
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