ABCs of Centre County

Waddle (Patton) – Waddle is three miles north of Scotia along Buffalo Run Road, which is the old road that connected Bellefonte with Tyrone. The village was named for Thomas Waddle, manager of Philip Benner's iron operation at Rock. At the height of its commercial and industrial activities between 1890 and 1910, Waddle included a creamery, general store, and guest house. An ore washer handled nearby iron ore and a sawmill served the lumbering activities of this tiny village. Daily stops of freight and passenger trains also are part of its history.

Wingate/Snow Shoe Intersection (Boggs) – This is the intersection of Wallace Run and Bald Eagle Creek as well as Routes 220 and 53 and of two railroads – the Bellefonte and Snow Shoe RR and the Bald Eagle RR.

Wolf's Chapel (Haines) – The first school in what would become Centre County was established in 1789 at Wolf's Chapel, about two miles east of Aaronsburg. Jacob Stover, one of the first Pennsylvania Germans to come into the area, donated seven acres of land "for use of a school and the master thereof" to "promote literature and learning." A small church and cemetery adjoined the school property. While the name continues, nothing remains of the church or school.

Wolf's Store (Miles) – In 1844 Thomas Wolf opened a store just east of Rebersburg, at the corner of Fox Gap Lane and Route 192. A small community grew up around it. The store operated for more than 100 years, closing in 1948.

Woodward/Motz's Bank (Haines) – Situated along Reuben Haines' early road and at the western gateway through the Woodward Narrows to Lewisburg and the east, this village was originally known as Motz's or Motz's Mill. It was renamed for George Woodward, a candidate for governor of Pennsylvania. The Woodward Inn served as an overnight stopping place along early this road laid out by Reuben Haines, the Northumberland, Youngmanstown, and Aaronsburg Turnpike. Inns provided food and lodging but also provided a gathering spot for area residents and served as a location for the collection spot and deposit of goods.