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History · Moose Run

Half of Moose Run’s homes were built after 1972

Most of Moose Run was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1972. Below: maps from 1908 on.

0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Moose Run’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 Moose Run are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19084 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1998. Watch Moose Run change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moose Run’s history is told.

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On the map

Moose Run on the map, 1908 to 1998

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

Moose Run on the 1908 USGS mapMoose Run on the 1962 USGS mapMoose Run on the 1971 USGS mapMoose Run on the 1998 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 Moose Run.

The story so far

Moose Run, in brief

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

Moose Run is a 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 north-central Centre County, in the south part of Boggs Township. It sits in the valley of Moose Run, a south-flowing tributary of Bald Eagle Creek, part of the watershed of the West Branch Susquehanna River. The Moose Run CDP includes part of the unincorporated community of Central City, and it is less than 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north of the borough of Milesburg. U.S. Route 220 Alternate runs between Milesburg and Moose Run, with an interchange at Pennsylvania Route 144/150, which connects with Moose Run Road, the main street through …

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

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Moose Run

Nobody well known was born in Moose Run 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.