Potters Mills, PA

Potters Mills is a village in Potter Township, Centre County, at the junction of General Potter Highway, US 322, and the Old Fort Road, PA 144, just east of the Potter-Allison Farm. Its name comes from General James Potter, who built a log cabin and grist mill here. The village sits along an old valley route through central Pennsylvania, with the highway now carrying the traffic that once followed older roads over the mountain.

Potters Mills is a place of old connections: the Potter name remains on the highway, the mill story remains in the settlement's name, and the road junction still marks a meeting point between Centre County communities. The nearby farm landscape and General Potter Highway give the village its present map, while its proximity to US 322 keeps it tied to State College, Lewistown, and the broader central Pennsylvania route network. The village's scale is modest, but its name preserves a direct link to the county's early settlement history.