Huntingdon is a borough in and the
county seat of
Huntingdon County,
Pennsylvania,
United States. It is located along the
Juniata River, approximately east of
Altoona and west of
Harrisburg, in an agricultural and fruit-growing region, with valuable forests and deposits of iron, coal, fire clay, and limestone. In the past, Huntingdon had manufactures of flour, machinery, radiators, furniture, stationery, woolen goods, lumber, etc. It also was the junction of the Huntington & Broad Top Mountain RR with the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and a port on the
Main Line of Public Works of the
Pennsylvania Canal. Huntingdon is home to
Juniata College, originally founded by the
Church of the Brethren in 1876. It is also the largest borough located closest to
Raystown Lake. Its population was 7,093 people at the
2010 census. It is the principal borough in the
Huntingdon, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area.