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The Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area, officially the Harrisburg–Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and also referred to as the Susquehanna Valley, is defined by the Office of Management and Budget as an area consisting of three counties in South Central Pennsylvania, anchored by the cities of Harrisburg and Carlisle.
Harrisburg's site along the Susquehanna River is thought to have been inhabited by Native Americans as early as 3000 BC. Known to the Native Americans as "Peixtin", or "Paxtang", the area was an important resting place and crossroads for Native American traders with trails leading from the Delaware to the Ohio rivers and from the Potomac to the Upper Susquehanna intersecting there.
The boundary of the Uptown district is the city limits to the north, 7th Street to the east, Maclay Street to the south, and Front Street to the west. Academy Manor. Camp Curtin. Cottage Ridge [4][10] (antiquated) Curtin Heights [11] (antiquated) Landmark. Riverside.
On February 14, 1964, the Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) was founded as the first community college in Pennsylvania in the former Harrisburg Academy. In March 1965, the City of Harrisburg sold the college 157 acres (0.64 km 2) in Wildwood Park for a permanent campus. Construction of the academic buildings was completed in 1967.
The Harrisburg–York–Lebanon, PA combined statistical area (CSA) is a region assigned by the U.S. Office of Management Budget [1] that includes six cities in the Harrisburg and York areas along with several metropolitan statistical areas of Pennsylvania that combine to form a combined statistical area. As of the 2010 United States census, [2 ...
West Shore (Harrisburg) Coordinates: 40.241°N 76.894°W. The West Shore of the Harrisburg area is a group of suburbs of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania which are located to the west of the Susquehanna River. The Susquehanna River is very wide near Harrisburg, and that contributes to the perception, at least among the local inhabitants, that the East ...
Pennsylvania statistical areas. Coordinates: 40.8781°N 77.7996°W. The United States Commonwealth of Pennsylvania currently has 48 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 12 combined statistical areas, 16 metropolitan statistical areas, and 20 micropolitan ...
Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods) NRHP reference No. 76001632 [1] Added to NRHP. January 19, 1976. The Harrisburg Historic District is a national historic district which is located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.