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University Park, Pennsylvania is an
unincorporated community in
Centre County,
Pennsylvania,
United States, and is the location of the
flagship campus of the
Pennsylvania State University.
University Park sits within the
State College Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of
Centre County. Most of University Park sits within the borough of
State College, while the northeastern part of campus is within
College Township.
While most of this campus of the
Pennsylvania State University is located in the borough of
State College, Pennsylvania, the campus post office was designated University Park, Pennsylvania in 1953 when university president
Milton Eisenhower changed the name of the Pennsylvania State College to the present Pennsylvania State University. Most campus buildings have a mailing address of University Park, PA. The ZIP code of University Park, Pennsylvania is 16802. The
University Park Airport, although on property owned by the university, has a mailing address of
State College, Pennsylvania.
The campus is served by the Penn State University Police.
The
ZCTA for ZIP code 16802 had a population of 9,172 at the
2000 census.
Federally, University Park is part of
Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district, represented by Republican
Glenn "G.T." Thompson, elected in 2008.
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