Jersey Mills, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:Jersey Mills, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Label:Jersey Mills
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lycoming
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:McHenry
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:646
Coordinates:41.3572°N -77.4067°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP
Postal Code:17739
Area Code:570
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1203896[1]

Jersey Mills is an unincorporated community in McHenry Township, Lycoming County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.[1] It lies along Pine Creek in the Pine Creek Gorge upstream of Waterville along Pennsylvania Route 414. Callahan Run enters Pine Creek at Jersey Mills.[2] The Pine Creek Rail Trail passes through the village.[3]

History

The first white settlers in the vicinity of what became Jersey Mills arrived in the late 18th and very early 19th centuries. For the next 100 years, lumbering and farming were the main drivers of the local economy. The first lumber mill in the area began operations in 1809. Farm crops included cereal grasses and potatoes. The village of Jersey Mills was officially established in 1855, when its post office opened.[4]

Flagstone quarries in the area provided income in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as lumbering income steeply declined. The village had a one-room school through 1946 and a general store and boarding house through 1965. A smaller general store, the last commercial business in Jersey Mills, operated from 1980 though 2007.[4]

Notes and References

  1. August 2, 1979. September 5, 2012.
  2. Web site: United States Geological Survey. United States Topographic Map. TopoQuest. September 5, 2012. .
  3. Web site: Pine Creek Rail Trail Map. Tioga County Visitors Bureau. PDF. September 5, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324163609/http://visittiogapa.com/railtrailmap.pdf. March 24, 2012. dead.
  4. Book: Kagan, David Ira. Pine Creek Villages. Arcadia Publishing. Charleston, South Carolina. 49 - 58. 2008. 978-0-7385-5663-5.