Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
| Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania | |
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| Township | |
Etters Bridge, spanning Yellow Breeches Creek
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| Motto: "A Township of the First Class" | |
 Map of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania highlighting Lower Allen Township |
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 Map of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Cumberland |
| Government | |
| • Type | Board of Supervisors |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.3 sq mi (26.8 km2) |
| • Land | 10.1 sq mi (26.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 17,980 |
| • Density | 1,775/sq mi (685.5/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 717 |
| Website | www |
Lower Allen Township is a township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 17,980 at the 2010 census.
The township has State Correctional Institution – Camp Hill, and it formerly had the headquarters of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.
The Etters Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The township is near the southeast corner of Cumberland County, bordered to the southeast by Yellow Breeches Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River. The creek forms the boundary with York County. The township is bordered to the east by the borough of New Cumberland, to the north by the boroughs of Lemoyne and Camp Hill, Hampden Township, and the borough of Shiremanstown, to the northwest by the borough of Mechanicsburg, and to the west by Upper Allen Township.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 10.3 square miles (26.8 km2), of which 10.1 square miles (26.2 km2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km2), or 1.96%, is water.
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