In the 1880s Waddle grew as a
railway town on the main line between
Bellefonte and
State College. The
Bellefonte Central Railroad added lines from Waddle to the mines near
Scotia. This allowed ore to be shipped straight to Bellefonte, as opposed to via
Tyrone. In 1910 the McNitt-Huyett Lumber Company built a large sawmill in Waddle, connected to the pine barrens near Scotia. Up until the construction of
North Atherton Street and Skytop Mountain Road from
Downtown State College to Martha's Furnace in 1932, the main road into Waddle from State College was a dirt road from
College Heights. Rail service between Waddle and State College ended in 1976. ==References==