Ferguson Township is a township with home rule status in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 19,009 at the 2020 census. Most of the agricultural research for Penn State, based in adjacent State College, Pennsylvania, is taking place at the Russell E.
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Ramblewood is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Happy Valley and the larger Nittany Valley. The population was 849 at the 2010 census. The area was formerly known as Fairbrook.
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Bucher Ayres Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. The complex consists of the main house, a carriage shed / ice house, a smoke house, and an outhouse. The main house was built in 1858, and is in three sections. The main block is two stories and five bays wide in a traditional Georgian style. It features a three bay, Greek Revival style portico with a hipped roof.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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Rock Springs is a hamlet and an unincorporated community in Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Happy Valley and the larger Nittany Valley. The hamlet is at the foothills of Tussey Mountain just south of Ramblewood. Pennsylvania Route 45, locally known as Pine Grove Road, runs along Rock Springs.
Rock Springs was first settled in about 1812 by David Mitchell. The hamlet hosts Penn State's Ag Progress Days, the largest outdoor agricultural exposition in Pennsylvania. Rock Springs is also home to the Pasto Agricultural Museum.
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Pine Grove Mills is an unincorporated community, village, and census-designated place in Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,481 at the 2020 census.
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The Monroe Furnace is a national historic district and historic iron furnace that are located in Barree Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
Larson Research Center located in the western part of Ferguson Township. AccuWeather, CATA, and Minitab are all headquartered within the township. Ferguson Township is served by the Ferguson Township Police Department and the Alpha Fire Company for police and fire protection.