Ingleby, Pennsylvania
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Ingleby is a ghost town
located in Haines Township, Centre County
, Pennsylvania
, United States
. Above Coburn
and surrounded by mountains, Ingleby was once a flag station on the Lewisburg and Tyrone Railroad
. Lumber and lumber products were carried out of the mountains and railroad passenger service provided access to this scenic high valley. Dr. Frank Barker erected a large house near the tracks, two miles east of hunting and fishing cottages, and the spot quickly became a popular resort known as Ingleby. Today the railroad is long-gone, and the only way to remote Ingleby is by an unpaved mountain road.
It is located just up the road from the Woodward Camp.
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
located in Haines Township, Centre County
Centre County, Pennsylvania
Centre County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 153,990....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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, United States
United States
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. Above Coburn
Coburn, Pennsylvania
Coburn is a census-designated place in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area...
and surrounded by mountains, Ingleby was once a flag station on the Lewisburg and Tyrone Railroad
Lewisburg and Tyrone Railroad
The Lewisburg and Tyrone Railroad , previously the Lewisburg, Centre and Spruce Creek Railroad, was a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad in central Pennsylvania...
. Lumber and lumber products were carried out of the mountains and railroad passenger service provided access to this scenic high valley. Dr. Frank Barker erected a large house near the tracks, two miles east of hunting and fishing cottages, and the spot quickly became a popular resort known as Ingleby. Today the railroad is long-gone, and the only way to remote Ingleby is by an unpaved mountain road.
It is located just up the road from the Woodward Camp.