Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
| Cumberland County, Pennsylvania | |
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Cumberland County Courthouse
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 Location in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania |
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 Pennsylvania's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | January 27, 1750 |
| Seat | Carlisle |
| Largest borough | Carlisle |
| Area | |
| • Total | 550 sq mi (1,424 km2) |
| • Land | 545 sq mi (1,412 km2) |
| • Water | 4.8 sq mi (12 km2), 0.9% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 246,338 |
| • Density | 452/sq mi (175/km²) |
| Congressional districts | 4th, 11th |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | www |
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| Designated | May 17, 1982 |
Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 235,406. Its county seat is Carlisle.
Cumberland County is included in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Cumberland County was first settled by a majority of Scots-Irish immigrants who arrived in this area about 1730. English and German settlers constituted about ten percent of the early population. The settlers originally mostly devoted the area to farming and later developed other trades. These settlers built the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, among the oldest houses of worship in central Pennsylvania, in 1738 near present-day Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.
The General Assembly (legislature) of the Pennsylvania colony on January 27, 1750, created Cumberland County from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, naming it for Cumberland, England. Its county seat is Carlisle. The county also lies within the Cumberland Valley adjoining the Susquehanna River at its eastern border, stretching approximately 42 miles from the borough of Shippensburg on the west to the Susquehanna River in east Cumberland County.
The oldest towns in the county are Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, and Carlisle, Pennsylvania, each with its unique history. Shippensburg is home to Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, one of 14 universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Carlisle is also home to Dickinson College, established in 1773, and the Penn State Dickinson School of Law.
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