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Penn Township was formed in November, 1844 out of the western part of Haines Township and a portion of Gregg Township in Centre County, PA. Penn is bounded by Mifflin County on the south, and Brush Mountain on the North. The area is populated largely by German families who came in early and have made farming the major industry of the region, although a brisk lumbering trade also is important to the area's history. The largest village, Coburn, was originally called The Forks because of its location at the confluence of Penns and Pine Creeks. Early settlers used the creeks to carry farm and lumber products on rafts to markets downstream, and later, after the founding of the Lewisburg, Centre, and Tyrone Railroad, Coburn became a distribution center for the area.

Information and text courtesy of The Centre County Historical Society
www.centrecountyhistory.org