About Juniata College

Juniata College is a private militant arts school in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1876 as a co-educational school, it was originally the first teacher started by members of the Church of the Brethren as a center for vocational learning for those who could not afford formal education. Today, Juniata has not quite 1,600 students from 42 states and territories and 45 countries.

Huntingdon is a borough in (and the county chair of) Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along the Juniata River, approximately 32 miles (51 km) east of Altoona and 92 miles (148 km) west of Harrisburg. With a population of 7,093 at the 2010 census, it is the largest population middle near Raystown Lake, a winding, 28-mile-long (45 km) flood-control reservoir managed by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The borough is located on the main origin of the Norfolk Southern (formerly Pennsylvania) Railway, in an agricultural and outdoor recreational region following extensive forests and scattered deposits of ganister rock, coal, fire clay, and limestone. Historically, the region surrounding Huntingdon was dotted taking into consideration iron furnaces and forges, consuming limestone, iron ore and wood (for charcoal production) throughout the 19th century. Dairy farms dominate the local agriculture. The town is a regular stop for the Amtrak passenger support which connects Harrisburg behind Pittsburgh.

Huntingdon is house to Juniata College, a private liberal arts theoretical founded by members of the Church of the Brethren in 1876.