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Ferguson Township was one of two townships formed by the new Centre County, PA in 1801. (Spring Township was the other.) Originally a farming area populated largely by Scotch-Irish and Pennsylvania German settlers, it was named for Thomas Ferguson, an early settler and landowner who arrived here in 1791. Ferguson sold lots at the base of Tussey Mountain in the area that became the village of Pine Grove Mills, and built the first of several mills that gave the village its name. Tussey Furnace operated nearby for a few years early in the 19th century, and the Gatesburg area was the source of iron ore. Baileyville and Rock Springs are still surrounded by the fertile farmland of this Ridge and Valley region of Centre County.

Information and text courtesy of The Centre County Historical Society
www.centrecountyhistory.org

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