State College, Pennsylvania
State College | |
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| Borough of State College | |
Campus buildings on Burrowes Road Campus building spanning across Atherton Street at White Course | |
| Nickname(s): "Lion Country", "Happy Valley" | |
| Coordinates: 40°47′29″N 77°51′31″W / 40.79139°N 77.85861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Centre |
| Incorporated | August 29, 1896 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ezra Nanes (D) |
| • Borough Council President | Evan Myers |
| Area | |
| 4.58 sq mi (11.86 km2) | |
| • Land | 4.58 sq mi (11.86 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,154 ft (352 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 40,501 | |
| • Density | 8,846.88/sq mi (3,415.50/km2) |
| • Urban | 87,454 (US: 335th) |
| • Metro | MSA:158,742 (US: 257th) CSA: 236,577 (US: 124th) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 16801, 16802, 16803, 16804, 16805 |
| Area code | 814 and 582 |
| FIPS code | 42-73808 |
| School district | State College Area School District |
| Website | www |
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State College is a borough and home rule municipality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a college town, home to the University Park campus of The Pennsylvania State University.
State College is the largest designated borough in Pennsylvania. It is the principal borough of the six municipalities that make up the State College area, the largest settlement in Centre County and one of the principal cities of the greater State College-DuBois Combined Statistical Area with a combined population of 236,577 as of the 2010 U.S. census. In the 2010 census, the borough population was 42,034.