Official Name: | Nossville, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania |
Pushpin Label: | Nossville |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Huntingdon |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Tell |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 262 |
Elevation Ft: | 860 |
Coordinates: | 40.2336°N -77.7656°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 17213 |
Area Code: | 814 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1182694 |
Nossville is an unincorporated area in Tell Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It is located on the banks of Tuscarora Creek, a tributary of the Juniata River.
The settlement was named after Colonel George Noss (1813-1892), who built a steam tannery there in 1848. The tannery burned down in 1870, was rebuilt under new ownership, closed in 1878, but was reopened in 1881 by Oswill Mosser (1854-1896).
Noss was also involved in an attempt to build a railroad in the area, initially called The Duncannon, Landisburg, and Broad Top Railroad Company; incorporated in 1854,[1] it never built track and the charter became dormant in 1879.
Nossville had a post office from 1867 to 1912.[2] There is a Methodist Episcopal church, built in 1872, and an adjoining cemetery.[3]