Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania

Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania
Former Presbyterian church
Former Presbyterian church
Location of Snow Shoe in Centre County, Pennsylvania.
Location of Snow Shoe in Centre County, Pennsylvania.
Snow Shoe is located in Pennsylvania
Snow Shoe
Snow Shoe
Snow Shoe is located in the United States
Snow Shoe
Snow Shoe
Coordinates: 41°01′40″N 77°56′57″W / 41.02778°N 77.94917°W / 41.02778; -77.94917
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyCentre
Settled1850
Incorporated (borough)1907
Area
 • Total0.59 sq mi (1.53 km2)
 • Land0.59 sq mi (1.53 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,601 ft (488 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total765
 • Estimate 
(2019)[2]
765
 • Density1,298.81/sq mi (501.50/km2)
Time zoneEastern (EST)
 • Summer (DST)EDT
Zip code
16874
Area code814
FIPS code42-71600

Snow Shoe is a borough in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 765 at the 2010 census.

According to tradition, Snow Shoe was so named when a pair of snowshoes were found at an Indian village near the present town site.[3]

  1. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.

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