Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
| Camp Hill | |||
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 Front of Peach Church, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |
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| Location in Pennsylvania | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1885 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Pennsylvania | ||
| County : | Cumberland County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 14 ′ N , 76 ° 56 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 7,398 (as of 2007) | ||
| Population density : | 1,233 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 6 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 132 m | ||
| Postal code : | 17011 | ||
| Area code : | +1 717 | ||
| FIPS : | 42-11000 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1215146 | ||
| Website : | www.camphillborough.com | ||
| Mayor : | Mark Simpson | ||
Camp Hill is a municipality ( borough ) in Cumberland County in the US state of Pennsylvania with about 7,500 inhabitants on an area of 6 km² .
history
The place was settled from 1750 and was first called White Hill before the American Civil War . On June 30, 1863, the Battle of Sporting Hill , the northernmost of the entire Civil War, took place here as part of the Gettysburg campaign . On November 10, 1885, Camp Hill was officially established.
economy
The steel services and environmental technology group Harsco is headquartered in Camp Hill.
The Lower Allen Classic was a C2 classic of the UCI cyclocross races.
Personalities
- William D. Phillips (* 1948), Nobel laureate in physics, as a student at Camp Hill
Individual evidence
- ↑ Camp Hill in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed September 2, 2012