Hooversville, Pennsylvania

Hooversville is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States.

The first settlers to claim land in the Hooversville area were George Lohr (1780), Michael Kocher, and Casper Ripple (warrant 1794), who died in 1828.

Jonas Hoover, the founder of Hooversville, came to Quemahoning Township in 1834 and bought land from the heirs of Casper Ripple.

He and David Crissey took part in establishing the German Reformed Church at Hooversville.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2), all land.

Pennsylvania Route 403 runs through Hooversville and serves as the main road through the borough.

Hooversville, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 1860