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Centre County

From PARSOL Statewide Wiki

Centre County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,172. Its county seat is Bellefonte. Centre County is composed of the State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is part of the Central region of the commonwealth.

Key Cities/Towns

Home Rule Municipalities

  • Ferguson Township (Happy Valley)
  • State College (Happy Valley)

Boroughs

  • Bellefonte (county seat)
  • Centre Hall
  • Howard
  • Milesburg
  • Millheim
  • Philipsburg
  • Port Matilda
  • Snow Shoe
  • Unionville
Townships
  • Benner
  • Boggs
  • Burnside
  • College (Happy Valley)
  • Curtin
  • Ferguson (Happy Valley)
  • Gregg
  • Haines
  • Halfmoon
  • Harris (Happy Valley)
  • Howard
  • Huston
  • Liberty
  • Marion
  • Miles
  • Patton (Happy Valley)
  • Penn
  • Potter
  • Rush
  • Snow Shoe
  • Spring
  • Taylor
  • Union
  • Walker
  • Worth

Megan's Law Statistics

(Copy from PA Megan's Law Database, click on Community Tools at top then the 3rd "Count of..." link and tally residents only)

County Total Lifetime Out of State Pre-SORNA SVP SVDC SVP Ten-Year T1 T2 T3
359 85 19 62 0 53 8 32 24 76

Last updated: 04/23/26

Registration Sites

(copy from https://www.meganslaw.psp.pa.gov/VerificationSites/VerificationSiteSearch)

  • Centre Co Central Booking, 700 Rishel Hill Rd, BELLEFONTE PA 16823, 814-548-1186
  • State Police Rockview, 330 Penn Tech Dr, BELLEFONTE PA 16823, 814-355-7545

County Parole/Probation Office Contact Information

Replace with relevant links:

Local Reentry Resources

If you know of any local reentry organizations in the county, please contact us at [email protected]

  • Stepping Stone Transitional Living Program - 3334 South Burrows St., State College, PA 16801, (814) 234-2632
  • Interfaith Human Services

SOAB Approved Treatment Providers

Reference SOAB website

Other PFR-Specific Resources

State Representatives and Senators

Find your state representatives and senators here: palegis.us.

PARSOL Information

Region & Contact

  • Region: Central
  • Contact:

County Contact

  • First Name Last Initial