Shippensburg, Pennsylvania Shippensburg, Pennsylvania Old Main at Shippensburg University Old Main at Shippensburg University Shippensburg is positioned in Pennsylvania Shippensburg - Shippensburg Shippensburg is a borough in Cumberland and Franklin counties in the U.S.
Settled in 1730, Shippensburg lies in the Cumberland Valley, 41 miles (66 km) southwest of Harrisburg, and is part of the Harrisburg Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The populace was 5,492 at the 2010 census. Of this, 4,416 were in Cumberland County, and 1,076 were in Franklin County.
Shippensburg was incorporated as a borough on January 21, 1819.
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, one of 14 universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, is positioned just north of the borough limits in Shippensburg Township.
Shippensburg is the earliest improve of the Cumberland Valley, and the second earliest west of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania (after York to the east).
In July 1730, 12 Scots-Irish families came to the site of the present-day Shippensburg and assembled cabin homes along Burd's Run.
Shippensburg began as the outpost of colonial settlement.
Edward Shippen's granddaughter, Peggy Shippen, was historically notable as the wife of General Benedict Arnold, who betrayed the Continental Army by defecting to the British amid the American Revolutionary War.
On July 9, 1755, Edward Morris, the governor of Shippensburg, ordered that a fort be assembled after he learned of General Braddock's defeat at the hands of the French and Indians.
On March 24, 1761, Shippen wrote, "I desire everybody in Shippensburg to take care of ye Fort for I will suffer a log of it to be thrown down on any pretense whatever." Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania was established in 1871 as a normal school.
Some of these artifacts are homed in Shearer Hall on the Shippensburg University campus, while the rest are presently on display at the Shippensburg Historical Society.
The Shippensburg Historic District, Dykeman's Spring, the Benjamin Blythe Homestead, Cumberland Valley State Normal School Historic District, the Shippen House, and Widow Piper's Tavern are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The PIAA high school track and field and softball championships are held at Shippensburg University.
Shippensburg is positioned in south-central Pennsylvania at 40 2 58 N 77 31 26 W (40.049453, -77.523830), primarily in Cumberland County, but extending west into Franklin County.
Route 11 passes through the center of town as King Street; US 11 leads northeast 20 miles (32 km) to Carlisle, the Cumberland County seat, and southwest 11 miles (18 km) to Chambersburg, the Franklin County seat.
Pennsylvania Route 696 leads north out of Shippensburg as Earl Street and south as Fayette Street.
Via PA 696 it is 6 miles (10 km) north to Newburg and 3 miles (5 km) south to Exit 24 on Interstate 81.
Pennsylvania Route 533 leads west out of town as Morris Street, 5 miles (8 km) to Orrstown.
Pennsylvania Route 174 (Walnut Bottom Road) split east from US 11 at the east edge of the borough, dominant 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to Exit 29 on Interstate 81 and 6 miles (10 km) to the village of Walnut Bottom in South Newton Township.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough of Shippensburg has a total region of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km2), or 0.18%, is water. Gum Run flows through the center of town, entering from the south and becoming Middle Spring Creek, a north-flowing tributary of Conodoguinet Creek and part of the Susquehanna River watershed.
In the borough the populace was spread out, with 17.6% under the age of 18, 28.5% from 18 to 24, 21.8% from 25 to 44, 16.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
Yearly, in the last full week of July, the Shippensburg Community Fair is held.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (G001): Shippensburg borough, Pennsylvania".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
Shippensburg Borough official website Shippensburg Community Fair Municipalities and communities of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
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