Potters Mills, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Potters Mills is located in Pennsylvania
Potters Mills
Potters
Mills
Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°47′45″N 77°37′31″W / 40.79583°N 77.62528°W / 40.79583; -77.62528
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyCentre
TownshipPotter
Area
[1]
 • Total1.27 sq mi (3.30 km2)
 • Land1.27 sq mi (3.30 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,253 ft (382 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total263
 • Density206.60/sq mi (79.74/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code42-62384
GNIS feature ID1184344[3]

Potters Mills is a hamlet in Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States, just east of the Potter-Allison Farm.[4] It is named after General James Potter (1729–1789), who built a log cabin and grist mill there, at what is now the intersection of General Potter Highway (U.S. Route 322) and the Old Fort Road (Pennsylvania Route 144).

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020263—
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

Notable person

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Potters Mills, Pennsylvania
  4. ^ "Potter's Mills, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1879. Biographical Sketch of John Potter, Jr., pg. 508


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