Oak Hall is a village and an unincorporated community in College Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is in Happy Valley and the larger Nittany Valley.
History
The Oak Hall Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[2] During the construction of U.S. Route 322, locally known as the Mount Nittany Expressway, much of the village was demolished.[3]
Geography
Oak Hall is in the foothills of Nittany Mountain halfway between Lemont and Boalsburg. Limestone soil served the agricultural community along Cedar Run.[3] The Oak Hall Quarry, operated by Hanson Aggregates Pennsylvania LLC, is on the north side of the village.[4] Oak Hall Regional Park is a 68-acre park that hosts regional softball tournaments among other activities.[5]
Cedar Run flows into Spring Creek in Oak Hall. These are limestone streams[6] making Oak Hall a popular fly fishing spot, particularly for trout.[7]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oak Hall, Pennsylvania
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "The ABCs of Centre County". Centre County Historical Society. May 26, 2024.
- ^ "Hanson Aggregates". Hubbiz.
- ^ "Oak Hall Regional Park". Centre Region Parks & Recreation Authority.
- ^ Wurster, Clifford (March 8, 2019). "Fishing Spring Creek". THE SPRING CREEK WATERSHED ATLAS.
- ^ Zazworsky, Dan (January 27, 2022). "Penn State Fly Fishing Receives Historic Endowment". Flylords.
