Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Old Cumberland County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Carlisle
Address of the administrative headquarters:	1 Courthouse Square Carlisle, PA 17013
Foundation :	1750
Made up from:	Lancaster County
Area code :	001 717
Demographics
Residents :	213,674  (2000)
Population density :	150.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1427 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map
Website : www.ccpa.net

Cumberland County is a county in the US state of Pennsylvania in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 213,674 people and a population density of 150 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Carlisle .

history

The county was founded on June 27, 1750 and named after the English county of Cumberland .

Old West, Dickinson College (2012)

Two places in the county have National Historic Landmark status , Carlisle Indian School and Old West, Dickinson College . 32 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 22, 2018).

geography

The county covers an area of ​​1,427 square kilometers, of which 3 square kilometers are water.

Map of Cumberland County

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1790	18,208		-
1800	25,386		39.4%
1810	26,757		5.4%
1820	23,606		-11.8%
1830	29,226		23.8%
1840	30,953		5.9%
1850	34,327		10.9%
1860	40,098		16.8%
1870	43,912		9.5%
1880	45,977		4.7%
1890	47.271		2.8%
1900	50,344		6.5%
1910	54,479		8.2%
1920	58,578		7.5%
1930	68,236		16.5%
1940	74,806		9.6%
1950	94,457		26.3%
1960	124,816		32.1%
1970	158.177		26.7%
1980	178,541		12.9%
1990	195.257		9.4%
2000	213,670		9.4%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Cities and towns

Boiling Springs Camp Hill Carlisle Cooke Township Dickinson Township East Pennsboro Township Enola Hampden Township Hopewell Township Lemoyne Lower Allen Township Lower Allen Lower Frankford Township	Lower Mifflin Township Mechanicsburg Middlesex Township Monroe Township Mount Holly Springs New Cumberland New Kingstown Newburg Newville North Middleton Township North Newton Township Penn Township Plainfield	Inferior Shippensburg Township Shippensburg Shiremanstown Silver Spring Township South Middleton Township South Newton Township Southampton Township Upper Allen Township Upper Frankford Township Upper Mifflin Township West Pennsboro Township Wormleysburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cumberland County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 75 .
3. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Pennsylvania . National Park Service , accessed July 22, 2018.
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 22, 2018.
5. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
7. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

Web links

Commons : Cumberland County, Pennsylvania  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 40 ° 10 ′  N , 77 ° 16 ′  W