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Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Borough
Old Main at Shippensburg University
Shippensburg is located in Pennsylvania
Shippensburg
Shippensburg
Coordinates: 40°02′58″N 77°31′26″W / 40.04944°N 77.52389°W / 40.04944; -77.52389Coordinates: 40°02′58″N 77°31′26″W / 40.04944°N 77.52389°W / 40.04944; -77.52389
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
Counties Cumberland and Franklin
Settled 1730
Incorporated 1819
Government
 • Type Borough Council
 • Mayor Bruce Hockersmith
Area
 • Total 1.99 sq mi (5.16 km2)
 • Land 1.99 sq mi (5.15 km2)
 • Water 0.004 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation 686 ft (209 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 5,492
 • Density 2,759/sq mi (1,065.4/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 17257
Area code(s) 717
Website www.borough.shippensburg.pa.us
Designated June 01, 1948

Shippensburg is a borough in Cumberland and Franklin counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. 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 population 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. In the past, there were furniture factories, engine and pump works, and other industrial works located within the town. Shippensburg is the home of the Beistle Company, the oldest and largest manufacturer of decorations and party goods, which sells its distinctive honeycomb paper decorations worldwide. It is also the location of Pague and Fegan, the oldest continuously operated hardware store in Pennsylvania. In May 2012, Volvo Construction Equipment began a $100 million expansion project to bring its American headquarters to Shippensburg.

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, one of 14 universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, is located just north of the borough limits in Shippensburg Township.

Shippensburg is the oldest community of the Cumberland Valley, and the second oldest 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 built cabin homes along Burd's Run. Shippensburg began as the western outpost of colonial settlement.


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