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The Chambersburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area includes surrounding Franklin County, and in 2010 included 149,618 people. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Chambersburg Borough is the thirteenth-largest municipality in Pennsylvania and the largest borough as measured by fiscal size as of 2016.
82003789 [1] Added to NRHP. August 26, 1982. Chambersburg Historic District is a national historic district centered on the Memorial Fountain and Square of Chambersburg in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 159 contributing buildings in the central business district and immediately surrounding residential area of Chambersburg.
This historic structure is a two-story, three-bay wide, clapboard-covered, hewn-log building. Abolitionist John Brown (1800–1859) stayed here from June until mid-October 1859, while receiving supplies and recruits for his raid on Harpers Ferry. Following the raid, four of Brown's followers returned to the house to be concealed. [2]
The current Franklin County Courthouse in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, built in 1865, is the third courthouse building on the site. The site was originally purchased from Colonel Benjamin Chambers in 1785. Predecessor Franklin County Courthouse following the 1864 McCausland raid. The current building replaced its predecessor that was burnt on ...
Masonic Temple (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania) / 39.93556°N 77.65972°W / 39.93556; -77.65972. The Masonic Temple is a historic Masonic Temple located at Chambersburg in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1823–1824, and is a two-story, brick building with a stucco veneer applied in 1905. An addition was built in 1966.
Henninger Field. Henninger Field is a little-known, historic ballpark located in historic Chambersburg, Pennsylvania . Erected in 1895, Henninger Field, (originally known as Wolf Park), is the home of the Chambersburg Maroons. Wolf Park was renamed in 1920 in honor of Clay Henninger, a very influential person in baseball in Chambersburg.
Area code. 717. FIPS code. 42-055-32152. Hamilton Township is a township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 11,374 at the 2020 census, [3] up from 8,949 at the 2000 census.
717. FIPS code. 42-055-31720. Website. www .guilfordtwp .us. Guilford Township is a township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 14,627 at the 2020 census, [3] up from 13,100 at the 2000 census .