Slate Run, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:Slate Run, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Label:Slate Run
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lycoming
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Brown
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:751
Coordinates:41.4728°N -77.5017°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP
Postal Code:17769
Area Code:570
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1199976[1]

Slate Run is an unincorporated community in Brown Township, Lycoming County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.[1] It lies between Blackwell and Waterville along Pennsylvania Route 414. Slate Run, a stream with the same name as the community, enters Pine Creek at Slate Run, in the Pine Creek Gorge.[2] The Pine Creek Rail Trail passes through the village.[3]

History

Pioneer settler Jacob Tomb and his family established a home, sawmill, and gristmill at the mouth of Slate Run in the 1790s, and others settled nearby along the Pine Creek floodplain. By 1855, the village had a post office, general store, hotel, and two churches.[4]

Driving the local economy toward the end of the century was the James B. Weed and Company hemlock sawmill, which operated in Slate Run from 1886 to 1910 and produced up to 100,000 board feet of lumber a day. After the end of the lumber era, the mill closed, and the village declined in size. However, in the early 21st century, Slate Run still has a general store and post office, and a hotel with a restaurant and bar.[4]

Notes and References

  1. August 2, 1979. September 4, 2012.
  2. Book: Pennsylvania Atlas & Gazetteer. DeLorme. Yarmouth, Maine. 2009. 39. 978-0-89933-280-2.
  3. Web site: Pine Creek Rail Trail Map. Tioga County Visitors Bureau . PDF. September 4, 2012.
  4. Book: Kagan, David Ira. Pine Creek Villages. Arcadia Publishing. Charleston, South Carolina. 77 - 98. 2008. 978-0-7385-5663-5.