Editing Centre County, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
The land of the future Centre County was first recorded by [[James Potter (Pennsylvania politician)|James Potter]] in 1764. Potter reached the top of [[Nittany Mountain]] and "seeing the prairies and noble forest beneath him, cried out to his attendant, 'By heavens, Thompson, I have discovered an empire!'" <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.co.centre.pa.us/sketches/sketches.asp | title=Centre County Pennsylvania: 15 Historical Sketches of Our 200 Years | access-date= June 18, 2012 }}</ref> Centre County was created on February 13, 1800 by Act 2092 of the Pennsylvania Legislature from parts of [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon]], [[Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Lycoming]], [[Mifflin County, Pennsylvania|Mifflin]], and [[Northumberland County, Pennsylvania|Northumberland]] counties. The act said that its inhabitants “labour under great hardships, by reason of their great distance from the present seats of justice, and the public offices” of their current counties.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.palrb.gov/Preservation/Smith-Laws/View-Document/18001899/1800/0/act/2092.pdf | title=Preservation Project - File Download &#124; PA Legislative Reference Bureau }}</ref> Its population was 4,112. Centre was among ten new counties carved from the existing twenty-six in early 1800. The county was named for its central location in the state.<ref>Centre County, Pennsylvania [website] “Centre County Government History” https://centrecountypa.gov/3475/Centre-County-Government-History.  Accessed 28Nov2024.</ref> (The American spelling of ‘center’ was yet to be popularized by [[Webster's Dictionary|Noah Webster’s dictionaries]], the first edition of which appeared in 1806.)