Centre County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Founded
- February 13, 1800
- Named after
- Centre Furnace , the first industrial facility in the area
- Seat
- Bellefonte
- Largest borough
- State College
- Total
- 1,113 sq mi (2,880 km )
- Land
- 1,110 sq mi (2,900 km )
- Water
- 3.0 sq mi (7.8 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 157,393
- Density
- 144/sq mi (56/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 15th
- Website
- centrecountypa .gov
- Designated
- May 10, 1982
via Wikipedia infobox
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Centre County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,172. Its county seat is Bellefonte. Centre County is composed of the State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is part of the Central region of the commonwealth.
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