Warriors Mark, PA

Warriors Mark is a small census-designated place in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, at the junction of Routes 350 and 550. The village was founded in 1768, and the surrounding township formed in 1798. Its name carries several local traditions, the most persistent tying it to marks cut into trees along an Indigenous travel route. The valley sits between ridges, near the Centre County line, with farms and wooded slopes giving the community its shape.

A railroad once ran through that valley. The Lewisburg and Tyrone line reached Warriors Mark in 1881, with a depot and daily trains connecting the village with Tyrone, Scotia, and smaller flag stations. The track bed has since been covered by brush, but the old Lowerie Schoolhouse now houses the Warriors Mark Area Historical Society. A post office still gives the village a formal address, while township roads carry farm and residential traffic. Warriors Mark is a central Pennsylvania place where a contested old name, a vanished railroad, a schoolhouse, and a long rural valley remain tied together.