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Haines Township, already a township when Centre County, PA was formed in 1800, it was named for Philadelphia land speculator Reuben Haines. In order to sell land in East Penns Valley, Haines had a road built at his own expense in 1771 that extended from the Sunbury-Lewisburg area through the Woodward Narrows to the approximate location of Spring Mills, the earliest road built in what would become Centre County. The Woodward Inn served as an overnight stopping place along this road. Aaronsburg, located near the geographic center of Pennsylvania, was founded in 1786 by another Philadelphia land speculator, Aaron Levy, and is the township's and Centre County's oldest town. Levy laid it out in a grid pattern of alternating streets and alleys with a wide central street, broadening into Aaron Square in its center. Surrounded by fertile farmland, it developed into a bustling commercial post village.

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

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