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In 1729, the Paxtang Township of Lancaster County was established. The spelling "Paxtang" is from the original Indian name Peshtank, which meant "standing water". [4]On March 4, 1785, Dauphin County was formed from Lancaster County, with the word "Dauphin" referring to the Dauphin of France, the heir apparent to the French throne whose country the area government wanted to honor for its ...
Spring Creek [1] is a 6.0-mile-long (9.7 km) [2] tributary of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Spring Creek rises in Lower Paxton Township, flowing through adjacent areas such as Paxtang, Oakleigh, Progress, Lawnton, and Colonial Park.
Pennsylvania Route 441 Truck (PA 441 Truck) was a 1.0-mile-long (1.6 km) truck route of PA 441 in Middletown. The route avoided a low-overhead clearance railroad bridge and a hilly approach into the downtown along PA 441 along Union Street, which is complicated by parallel parking on each side of the street.
This is a list of State Routes in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. State Routes in Pennsylvania are maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.This list incorporates routes numbered between 0001 and 4999 which are either Traffic Routes (Interstate, US, or PA Routes numbered 0001 through 0999) or Quadrant Routes (State Routes numbered 1001 through 4999).
In the township the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years.
Oct. 9—A sanitary sewer system for two neighborhoods in Neshannock Township is complete and ready to be put into service. Now it's up to the residents to connect their homes to the lines and pay ...
Swatara, Derry Township, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in Dauphin County; Streams. Swatara Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Route 283 (PA 283), officially State Route 0300 or SR 0300 due to the presence of Interstate 283 (I-283), is a 29-mile-long (47 km) freeway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It connects Harrisburg to Lancaster , paralleling the old U.S. Route 230 (US 230, now partly PA 230 ).