South Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
| South Hanover Township, Pennsylvania | |
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 Location in Dauphin County and state of Pennsylvania. |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Dauphin |
| Incorporated | 1842 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.4 sq mi (29.5 km2) |
| • Land | 11.3 sq mi (29.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,248 |
| • Density | 554/sq mi (213.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 717 |
| Website | www |
South Hanover Township is a township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,248 at the 2010 census, up from 4,793 at the 2000 census.
South Hanover Township was originally a part of Paxtang Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. On March 4, 1785, Dauphin County was formed from Lancaster County, with borders roughly matching those of Paxtang Township. By about 1787 Paxtang was separated into Upper, Middle and Lower Paxtang Townships. Lower Paxtang Township embraced the areas now known as Lower Swatara, Swatara, Lower Paxton, Derry and Susquehanna townships.
By action of the court of Lancaster in 1785, East Hanover and West Hanover townships separated from Derry Township.
On March 4, 1842 East and West Hanover townships of Dauphin County were finally designated as separate governmental precincts, and South Hanover separated from West Hanover. Hence, South Hanover was established in 1842 as 11.3 square miles (29 km2).
In 1845, the village of Union Deposit was laid out. It had two dry goods stores, two shoe stores, one millinery, a tailor shop, a hotel, an iron ore furnace, a flour mill, a wagon factory, a warehouse, a brick yard, and two resident physicians. The early business activity was stimulated by the Union Canal, whose virgin barge trip occurred in 1828.
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