Allenport, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Explained

Allenport, Huntingdon County,
Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:USA Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Label:Allenport
Pushpin Label Position:top
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Huntingdon
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Shirley
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:2.69
Area Land Km2:2.51
Area Water Km2:0.18
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:572
Population Density Km2:227.71
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:594
Coordinates:40.3736°N -77.8739°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:17066
Area Code:814
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:42-00980
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2629994
Area Total Sq Mi:1.04
Area Land Sq Mi:0.97
Area Water Sq Mi:0.07
Population Density Sq Mi:589.69

Allenport is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies southeast of Mount Union on the Juniata River in Shirley Township. The population was 648 as of the 2010 census.[2]

Allenport is the location of the Riverview Business Center, home of manufacturing facilities for Bonney Forge, FCI (formerly Berg), and Containment Solutions (formerly Fluid Containment).

Geography

Allenport is in eastern Huntingdon County, bordered to the north by the borough of Mount Union and to the northeast across the Juniata River by the borough of Kistler in Mifflin County. U.S. Route 522 passes through Allenport, leading north into Mount Union and south 5miles to Shirleysburg. Pennsylvania Route 103 has its southern terminus at US 522 in Allenport, and leads northeast (downstream along the Juniata River) to Mattawana.

The inactive tracks of the narrow-gauge East Broad Top Railroad pass through Allenport. A third rail creates dual-gauge tracks to just short of the PA 103 crossing. The tracks were partially rehabilitated in the mid-2000s by the Mount Union Connecting Railroad, but the rehabilitation was not completed.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Allenport CDP has a total area of 2.7sqkm, of which 2.5sqkm are land and 0.2sqkm, or 6.71%, are water.[2]

Demographics

General information

References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 12, 2022.
  2. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Allenport CDP, Pennsylvania. U.S. Census Bureau. American Factfinder. January 23, 2018. https://archive.today/20200213112931/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4200980. February 13, 2020. dead.