Nittany, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Nittany, Pennsylvania

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|settlement_type = Census designated place

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|map_caption = Map showing Nittany in Centre County

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|map_caption1 = Map showing Centre County in Pennsylvania

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Pennsylvania

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Centre

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Walker

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|area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='42'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}

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|area_total_km2 = 3.67

|area_land_km2 = 3.67

|area_water_km2 = 0.00

|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 624

|population_density_km2 = 170.12

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset = -5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = -4

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|elevation_ft = 894

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| postal_code_type = ZIP Code

| postal_code = 16841{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/16841|title=Nittany PA ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=October 31, 2023}}

|area_code = 814

|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = 42-54520

|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank1_info = 1182480

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|area_total_sq_mi = 1.42

|area_land_sq_mi = 1.42

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

|population_density_sq_mi = 440.68

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Nittany is an unincorporated community and census-designated place{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/|title = Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades}} in Walker Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 658.{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4254520| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Nittany CDP, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=April 17, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20150417175900/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4254520| archive-date=April 17, 2015| url-status=dead}}

It is located along the northeastern border of Centre County, next to Lamar in Clinton County. It lies in the Nittany Valley, between the long ridge of Nittany Mountain to the southeast and lower Sand Ridge to the northwest. The center of Nittany is at the intersections of PA Routes 64 and 445. PA 64 leads northeast through Lamar {{convert|3|mi|0}} to Interstate 80 and southwest {{convert|9|mi|0}} to Zion, while PA 445 leads southeast across Nittany and Brush mountains {{convert|12|mi}} to Millheim.

{{US Census population

|2020= 624

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}

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