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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 ...
As of the census [4] of 2000, there were 3,941 people, 1,432 households, and 1,125 families residing in the township. The population density was 186.1 inhabitants per square mile (71.9/km 2).
Lower Swatara Township is in southern Dauphin County, bordered by York County to the southwest across the Susquehanna River, by the boroughs of Highspire and Steelton to the west, by Swatara Township to the northwest and north, by Derry Township to the northeast across Swatara Creek, and by Londonderry Township and the borough of Middletown to the southeast.
Swatara State Park is a 3,515-acre (1,422 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Bethel, Swatara and Union Townships, Lebanon County and Pine Grove Township, Schuylkill County in Pennsylvania in the United States. 8 miles (13 km) of Swatara Creek lie within the park's boundaries, which are roughly formed by Pennsylvania Route 443 to the north and Interstate 81 to the south.
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Oberlin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States.The community was part of the census-designated place of Bressler-Enhaut-Oberlin, before it was split into three separate CDPs for the 2010 census.
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