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Leamersville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The CDP is in southern Blair County, in the northeastern part of Freedom Township. It is bordered to the northeast by Blair Township, to the east by the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River, to the south by Pennsylvania Route 164, to the west by Dunnings Highway (old U.S. Route 220), to the south again by Brethren Lane, and to the northwest by Interstate 99/US 220. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) north of East Freedom, the same distance south of Newry, and 10 miles (16 km) south of Altoona.
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Twentieth century history of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania1911 · page 263Read the page →
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Leamersville. — The pretty village of Leamersville is located on the banks of the Juniata, a mile north of East Freedom.
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Twentieth century history of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania1911 · page 261Read the page →
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run postoffice, or Puzzletown. On the Frankstown branch of the Juniata, in the eastern part are the picturesque little villages of East Freedom and Leamersville, and one mile south of the latter place, on the Martinsburg branch railroad is the town of McKee’s Gap, the station being known as McKee. In 1880 it had a population of
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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 →
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