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A referendum failed to yield a majority for any of the choices for a new name, and so the town remains State College. Eisenhower, sought to persuade the town to change its name as well. When Penn State changed its name from College to University in 1953, its president, Milton S. The university has a post office address of University Park, Pennsylvania. In 1973 State College adopted a home rule charter which took effect in 1976 since then, it has not been governed by the state's Borough Code, although it retains 'Borough of State College' as its official name.

State College was incorporated as a borough on August 29, 1896, and has grown with the college, which was renamed The Pennsylvania State University in 1953. State College evolved from a village to a town to serve the needs of the Pennsylvania State College, founded as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania in 1855. 9.4 Higher and post-secondary education.'Happy Valley' and 'Lion Country' are other terms used to identify the State College area including the borough as well as the townships of College, Harris, Patton, and Ferguson.

#Penn state white out game plus

In the 2010 census, the borough population was 42,034 with approximately 105,000 living in the borough plus the surrounding townships often referred to locally as the 'Centre Region.' Many of these Centre Region communities also carry a 'State College, PA' address although they are not part of the borough of State College. It is the principal borough of the six municipalities that make up the State College area, the largest settlement in Centre County and one of the principal cities of the greater State College-DuBois Combined Statistical Area with a combined population of 236,577 as of the 2010 United States Census. State College is the largest designated borough in Pennsylvania. It is a college town, dominated economically and demographically by the presence of the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). State College is a home rule municipality in Centre County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.