Potters Mills, Pennsylvania

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

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

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|name = Potters Mills, Pennsylvania

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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|image_skyline = Potters Mills.jpg

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|image_caption = A general store on PA-144 in Potters Mills

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|map_caption = Location within Centre county

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|subdivision_name1 = Pennsylvania

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|subdivision_name2 = Centre

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Potter

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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 16, 2022}}

|area_magnitude =

|area_total_km2 = 3.30

|area_land_km2 = 3.30

|area_water_km2 = 0.00

|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 263

|population_density_km2 = 79.74

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset = -5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = -4

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|elevation_ft = 1253

|coordinates = {{coord|40|47|45|N|77|37|31|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

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|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = 42-62384

|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank1_info = 1184344{{gnis|1184344}}

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|area_total_sq_mi = 1.27

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|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

|population_density_sq_mi = 206.60

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Potters Mills is a hamlet in Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States, just east of the Potter-Allison Farm.{{cite gnis|1184344|Potter's Mills, Pennsylvania}} It is named after

General James Potter (1729–1789), who built a log cabin and grist mill there, at what is now the intersection of General Potter Highway (U.S. Route 322) and the Old Fort Road (Pennsylvania Route 144).