Southampton Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Southampton Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Township
Barn off Orrstown Road
Map of Franklin County, Pennsylvania highlighting Southampton Township
Map of Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Franklin
Incorporated	1783
Area
• Total	38.24 sq mi (99.04 km2)
• Land	38.23 sq mi (99.02 km2)
• Water	0.008 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	7,987
• Density	209/sq mi (80.7/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	717
Website	www.southamptontownship.org

Southampton Township is a township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,987 at the 2010 census, up from 6,138 at the 2000 census.

The township is in northeastern Franklin County, bordered to the northeast by Cumberland County and the borough of Shippensburg. The borough of Orrstown is surrounded by the northwest part of the township, but like Shippensburg is a separate municipality. The county/township boundary follows Mains Run, Gum Run, and Middle Spring Creek, a tributary of Conodoguinet Creek and part of the Susquehanna River watershed. A separate Southampton Township lies directly adjacent in Cumberland County.

Most of Southampton Township (Franklin County) is in the Cumberland Valley, but the southeast end of the township extends up onto South Mountain, where the highest elevation in the township reaches 2,100 feet (640 m) on Big Pine Flat Ridge. The Appalachian Trail traverses South Mountain through the township.

Interstate 81 and U.S. Route 11, running in parallel, cross the center of the township. I-81 leads northeast to Carlisle and southwest to Hagerstown, Maryland, and has one interchange (Exit 24) in the township. US-11, the local highway, passes northeast through Shippensburg and southwest through Chambersburg, the Franklin County seat, while also leading to the more distant destinations on I-81.