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Burnside Township is, with Snow Shoe Township, one of the Mountaintop sister townships on the Appalachian Plateau in the northwestern corner of Centre County. It was named for Judge Thomas Burnside (1782-1857). Originally part of Snow Shoe Township, it became a separate political entity in 1856. Pine Glen is its principal village. With more than 55,000 acres, Burnside Township occupies the northernmost part of Centre County. Tremendous stands of fine timber attracted early settlers, where first lumbering and then coal provided economic incentives.

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