Bellefonte
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county seat of Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Centre
- Mayor
- Gene Johnson
- Total
- 1.85 sq mi (4.78 km )
- Land
- 1.85 sq mi (4.78 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 919 ft (280 m)
- Density
- 3,310.2/sq mi (1,278.08/km )
- Demonyms
- Bellefontian Bellefutian
- Time zone
- Eastern (EST)
- Summer dst
- EDT
- Fips code
- 42-05256
- Website
- bellefonte .net
- Designated
- May 08, 1947
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Bellefonte
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Centre County
- Population
- 6105
- Area
- 4.791235
- Elevation
- 919
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Centre County
- Image
- Bellefonte, PA.jpg
- Households
- 2861
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- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
- Commons category
- Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
- postal code
- 16823
- inception
- 1795-00-00
- water area
- 0
- per capita income
- 34176
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Encyclopedic overview
Bellefonte (/bɛlfɒnt/ BEL-font) is a borough in and the county seat of Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is approximately 12 miles northeast of State College and is part of the State College, Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, Bellefonte had a population of 6,105. It houses the Centre County Courthouse, located downtown on the diamond. Bellefonte has also been home to five of Pennsylvania's governors, as well as two other governors. All seven are commemorated in a monument located at Talleyrand Park.
The town features many examples of Victorian architecture. It is also home to the natural spring, "la belle fonte", bestowed by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord during a land-speculation visit to central Pennsylvania in 1790, from which the town derives its name. The spring, which serves as the town's water supply, has since been covered to comply with DEP water purity laws.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bellefonte” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.