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