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History · Holters Crossing

Half of Holters Crossing’s homes were built after 1965

Most of Holters Crossing was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1965. Below: maps from 1924 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Holters Crossing’s 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 Holters Crossing are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19243 editions of the USGS map, 1924 to 1973. Watch Holters Crossing change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Holters Crossing’s history is told.

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Holters Crossing on the map, 1924 to 1973

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

Holters Crossing on the 1924 USGS mapHolters Crossing on the 1966 USGS mapHolters Crossing on the 1973 USGS map1924Centre Hall 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 Holters Crossing.

The story so far

Holters Crossing, in brief

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

Holters Crossing is an unincorporated community 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 northern Centre County, mostly in the southeastern part of Boggs Township and partly in the southwestern corner of Howard Township. It sits in the Bald Eagle Valley, on the south side of Bald Eagle Creek. County Route 1006 (old U.S. Route 220) is the main road through the community; it leads southwest 4 miles (6 km) to Milesburg and northeast 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to a dead end at Mount Eagle, at the head of Foster Joseph Sayers Reservoir, an impoundment on Bald Eagle Creek. Bald Eagle Mountain rise…

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

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Famous people

Famous people close to Holters Crossing

Nobody well known was born in Holters Crossing 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
George Grey BarnardAmerican sculptor · b. 1863
John Montgomery WardAmerican Major League Baseball pitcher, shortst… · b. 1860

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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.