Linglestown, Pennsylvania
| Linglestown, Pennsylvania | |
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| Census-designated place | |
The flagpole at Linglestown square
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 Location in Dauphin County and state of Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates: 40°20′13″N 76°47′27″W / 40.33694°N 76.79083°WCoordinates: 40°20′13″N 76°47′27″W / 40.33694°N 76.79083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Dauphin |
| Township | Lower Paxton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.8 sq mi (9.9 km2) |
| • Land | 3.8 sq mi (9.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 540 ft (160 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,334 |
| • Density | 1,655/sq mi (639.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 17112 |
| FIPS code | 42-43672 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1179431 |
Linglestown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded and laid out in 1765 by Thomas Lingle.
The population was 6,334 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In 1765, Thomas Lingle purchased a parcel of land in what was then Paxton Township, so as to develop a 90-plot living, working, and studying community for newly-arriving European settlers. He called his new settlement "The Town of St. Thomas", after the Christian apostle, his namesake. The sheepskin document on which Lingle drew the plan for his village still exists, showing in great detail the village's name, each of the plots, their plot numbers, and all street and alley names. The county deed recorder's seal and record information are visible on the bottom left corner of the document.
In 1811, Lingle died and was buried in the Wenrich's Church cemetery (now St. Thomas United Church of Christ), at the east end of the village. Soon thereafter, village and area residentes began calling his village "Lingle's town", and the name soon took on its current form.
As a busy crossroads community located at the base of the mountain, the village soon became the area center for commerce, civic, religious, and educational activities, much of which still exists today.
St. Thomas UCC is the village's oldest denomination. The Church of God denomination had its world beginning and first structure and cemetery in Linglestown.
Since 1996, the village has been considering making improvements to the village square. At the center of the square is a flag pole located in the middle of the road. The initial plan was to move the flag pole and insert a traffic light. After long debate, that idea was shot down. It was replaced by the "Linglestown Plan", proposed on March 31, 2000. Nearly seven years later, on February 20, 2007, Lower Paxton Township approved a modified version of the Linglestown Action Plan, which involves the addition of roundabouts, other approaches to slowing down traffic through the square, and general community improvement. On September 11, 2009, PennDOT awarded a construction bid for the project to E. Wintermyer Co. of Etters.
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