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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 ...
Image Date listed Date removed Location City or town Description 1: Mt. Pleasant Historic District: January 7, 1988 (#87002211) October 28, 2010: Township Road 881 and Pennsylvania Route 901 at Mount Pleasant: Foster Township
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.
Chambers Hill is a community in Swatara Township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It is located in the area between 40 degrees 15'41 North and 76 degrees 48'42 West, between Harrisburg and Hershey. With ranges in elevation from 415–660 feet a view of the Harrisburg skyline to the west, or Three Mile Island to the south, can often be seen.
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).
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 ).
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