Gatesburg is a village and an unincorporated community in Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Happy Valley and the larger Nittany Valley. The village is northwest of a portion of the Gatesburg Ridge, northeast of Marengo, southeast of Stormstown, and southwest of the Scotia Barrens.
Henry Gates laid out the village of Gatesburg,[2] which had iron ore mine in the early nineteenth century that served the Centre Furnace.[3] The village is still home to the Gatesburg Lutheran Church and cemetery, as well as several farms.[2]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gatesburg, Pennsylvania
- ^ a b "The ABCs of Centre County". Centre County Historical Society. May 26, 2024.
- ^ "Historic Resources of the Centre Region" (PDF). Centre Regional Planning Commission.
