Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Township
Western McClay Twin Bridge
Map of Franklin County, Pennsylvania highlighting Lurgan Township
Map of Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Franklin
Settled	1736
Incorporated	1743
Area
• Total	32.8 sq mi (85.0 km2)
• Land	32.7 sq mi (84.7 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	2,151
• Density	66/sq mi (25.4/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	717
Website	www.lurgantownship.org

Lurgan Township is a township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,151 at the 2010 census.

It was named after the town of Lurgan in Northern Ireland.

The McClay's Twin Bridge (East) and McClay's Twin Bridge (West) were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Lurgan Township is in northeastern Franklin County, bordered to the northeast by Cumberland County. The southeastern two-thirds of the township are in the Cumberland Valley, while the northwestern third is in the Ridge and Valley Province of the Appalachian Mountains. Conodoguinet Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River, forms the southern boundary of the township, while the northwestern boundary follows the crest of Kittatinny Mountain. Blue Mountain runs parallel to and east of Kittatinny Mountain through the township.

Interstate 76, the Pennsylvania Turnpike, crosses the northern part of the township, with access from Exit 201, the Blue Mountain Interchange. West of the interchange, the turnpike passes through the Blue Mountain Tunnel and Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel in rapid succession. The largest community in the township is Roxbury, in the southwest. Other unincorporated communities are McKinney, Otterbein, Mowersville, and Lurgan.

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