Grantham
Grantham is an unincorporated community in Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, best known today for the Christian liberal arts college, Messiah University, whose students make up most of its population.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Grantham, PA” and “Grantham, Pennsylvania”
- Postal code: 17027
Places of Interest
Highlights include Messiah University and Union Hotel.
Messiah University
University
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Messiah University is a private interdenominational evangelical Christian university in Upper Allen Township, Pennsylvania, near Mechanicsburg.
Union Hotel
Historic building
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The Union Hotel, also known as the Shepherdstown Hotel or Hilltop Inn, is an historic, American hotel that is located in Shepherdstown in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
Williams Grove Speedway
Sports venue
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Williams Grove Speedway is a half-mile dirt racing track located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. The speedway opened on May 21, 1939, it has been owned by the Hughes family for over 50 years and has hosted many of the most notable national touring series and some of those most prestigious races in the country. Williams Grove Speedway is situated 2 miles west of Grantham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowmansdale and Shepherdstown.
Bowmansdale
Hamlet
Bowmansdale is an unincorporated community located in Upper Allen Township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, south of Mechanicsburg. It is named after Jacob Bowman, a former Cumberland County sheriff.
Shepherdstown
Hamlet
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Shepherdstown is an unincorporated community that is located in Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated just south of Mechanicsburg and is home to the Union Hotel that was built in 1860 by Abraham Zook and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
Siddonsburg
Hamlet
Siddonsburg is an unincorporated community in Monaghan Township, York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located approximately two miles south of Messiah College. Siddonsburg is situated 2 miles southeast of Grantham.
Grantham
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Upper Allen Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.15648° or 40° 9′ 23″ northLongitude
-76.99637° or 76° 59′ 47″ westElevation
446 feet (136 metres)United Nations Location Code
US 2GPOpen location code
87G55243+HFOpenStreetMap ID
node 158596558OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5191676Wikidata ID
Q5596615
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Grantham” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “格兰森姆”
- Chinese: “格蘭森姆”
- French: “Grantham”
- Irish: “Grantham”
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