Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
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Location in Pennsylvania
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| Foundation : | 1755 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Pennsylvania | ||
| County : | Dauphin County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 12 ′ N , 76 ° 44 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 9,142 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 1,724.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 5.4 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 5.3 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 31 m | ||
| Postal code : | 17057 | ||
| Area code : | +1 717 | ||
| FIPS : | 42-49128 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1215165 | ||
| Website : | www.middletownborough.com | ||
| Mayor : | Robert Reid | ||
Middletown is a city in Dauphin County , in the US state of Pennsylvania . It is located at the mouth of the Swatara Creek in the Susquehanna River , 15 kilometers southeast of Harrisburg .
Middletown was founded in 1755 and was included as a city in 1828. In 1900 5,608 people lived here; 1910 5,374 and 1940, 7,046.
Middletown, the oldest town in Dauphin County , was founded thirty years before Harrisburg and seven years before Hummelstown . Because of its location for trade, by land and by water, the city grew rapidly for at least a century and a half. Before 1729 this area was part of Chester County, Pennsylvania. In 1729, Lancaster County was formed, and Dauphin County on March 4, 1785. Middletown was a "post-town" and so because of its location at the middle route between Lancaster and Carlisle , along the old Stadium Coach Road.
German immigrants began moving to the city from the Palatinate and the Black Forest in the 18th century .
In 1979 a nuclear accident occurred in the neighboring Three Mile Island nuclear power plant , whereupon many residents initially fled the city.
sons and daughters of the town
- George Kremer (1775-1854), politician
- James Donald Cameron (1833–1918), United States Secretary of War
- Bruce Metzger (1914–2007), Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Hielscher: Man forgets a lot all the time in: Der Spiegel, March 23, 1981. Retrieved June 16, 2011.