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History · Continental Courts

Half of Continental Courts’ homes were built after 1986

Most of Continental Courts was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1908 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Continental Courts’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Continental Courts are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19083 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1971. Watch Continental Courts change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Continental Courts’s history is told.

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On the map

Continental Courts on the map, 1908 to 1971

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Continental Courts. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Continental Courts on the 1908 USGS mapContinental Courts on the 1962 USGS mapContinental Courts on the 1971 USGS map1908Bellefonte sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Continental Courts.

The story so far

Continental Courts, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Continental Courts yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Continental Courts is a mobile home park and census-designated place (CDP) in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in central Centre County, in the west part of Benner Township. It is bordered to the south by Pennsylvania Route 550, which leads northeast 6 miles (10 km) to Bellefonte, the county seat, and southwest 10 miles (16 km) to Stormstown. State College is 7 miles (11 km) to the south via local roads. The community is in the valley of Buffalo Run, which flows northeast to Spring Creek at Bellefonte and is part of the Bald Eagle Creek watershed leading to the West Branch Susquehanna River. Bald Eagle Mountain ris…

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Continental Courts

Nobody well known was born in Continental Courts itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jonathan FrakesAmerican actor and director · b. 1952
Jeff VanderMeerAmerican writer · b. 1968
Glenn ThompsonU.S. Representative from Pennsylvania · b. 1959
Andrew Gregg CurtinAmerican politician · b. 1815
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Chris BahrAmerican football and soccer player · b. 1953
George Grey BarnardAmerican sculptor · b. 1863

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.