Struble, Pennsylvania

Struble is an unincorporated community in Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, located at coord|40|46|58|N|77|52|34|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title.

The town was named after Conrad Struble, who owned a farm there which proved to lie over rich deposits of iron ore. [cite web | url=http://sheckler.bouwman.com/Struble/C-Struble.html | title=Conrad Struble | accessdate=2007-01-28] Mining began in 1880. The Bellefonte and Buffalo Run Railroad graded a right-of-way from Bellefonte to the ore pits in 1883, but track was not laid until 1887, by its successor the Buffalo Run, Bellefonte and Bald Eagle Railroad.cite journal | last=Rudnicki | first=Jack | coauthors=Mike Bezilla | year=2001 | title=From Iron Ore to Limestone and Lime...to Nothing | journal=National Railway Bulletin | volume=66 | issue=2 | pages=4–33] Even after the end of ore mining, Struble remained an important junction point on the railroad, now the Bellefonte Central.

With the expansion of State College, Struble has become a suburb of that borough.

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