Spruce Creek is a small unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Spruce Creek Township

Spruce Creek Township, Pennsylvania

Spruce Creek Township is a township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 263 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 8.2 square miles , of which, 8.2 square miles of it is land and...

 of Huntingdon County

Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, United States

United States

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. It was a stop on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line

Main Line (Pennsylvania Railroad)

The Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad was a rail line in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, connecting Philadelphia with Pittsburgh via Harrisburg...

, lying along Spruce Creek

Spruce Creek (Pennsylvania)

Spruce Creek is a tributary of the Little Juniata River in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.Spruce Creek passes by Indian Caverns several miles before joining the Little Juniata River at the village of Spruce Creek. Located on Spruce Creek is the elite 100 member Spruce Creek...

 at its confluence with the Little Juniata River

Little Juniata River

]The Little Juniata River, sometimes called the "Little J," is a river in central Pennsylvania. It is a tributary of the Juniata River in the Susquehanna River watershed. It is formed at Altoona by the confluence of several short streams...

. The river passes through a nearby water gap in Tussey Mountain

Tussey Mountain

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 downstream of the village, along with the railroad line.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it was the location of a large woollen mill, but is now best known as the site of Indian Caverns

Indian Caverns

Indian Caverns is a show cave in Spruce Creek, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a horizontal karst cave of Ordovician Nealmont/Benner limestone, estimated to be about 500,000 years old. It is the second-largest cave in Pennsylvania and the largest limestone cave. Indian Caverns consists of two...

 which has been open to the public since 1929.

Spruce Creek is also known for is world famous fly fishing. Although most of Spruce Creek is private fishing the area also holds the Little Juniata River which is open to the public. Former United States President Jimmy Carter

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 and Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu

Troy Polamalu

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have made visits to fish.