Lower Paxton Township
Lower Paxton is a township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 53,514 at the 2020 census. It is the most populous municipality in Dauphin County and the 17th-most populated municipality in the state.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 53,500 residents
- Description: township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania” and “Township of Lower Paxton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Colonial Park Mall and Harrisburg Christian School.
Colonial Park Mall
Shopping center
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Colonial Park Mall is a shopping mall in Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, about 3 miles northeast of Harrisburg. Located at the northeast corner of U.S. Route 22 and Colonial Road in the Colonial Park CDP just east of Interstate 83 and south of Interstate 81, it serves the eastern and northern suburbs of the Harrisburg metropolitan area.
Harrisburg Christian School
School
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Harrisburg Christian School is a private, coeducational Christian elementary, middle school and high school, located on the north side of the greater Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area in the village of Linglestown, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg Christian School is situated 2½ miles north of Lower Paxton Township.
Central Dauphin East High School
School
Central Dauphin East High School is a large, suburban, public high school located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It is one of two high schools operated by the Central Dauphin School District. Central Dauphin East High School is situated 2½ miles south of Lower Paxton Township.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colonial Park and Linglestown.
Colonial Park
Town
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Colonial Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,229 at the 2010 census.
Linglestown
Town
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Linglestown is a census-designated place in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded and laid out in 1765 by Thomas Lingle.
Paxtonia
Village
Paxtonia is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,412 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Lower Paxton Township
- Category: township of Pennsylvania
- Location: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Lower Paxton Township” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “道芬縣下帕克森鎮區”
- French: “Lower Paxton Township”
- German: “Lower Paxton Township”
- Japanese: “ローワー・パクストン郡区”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Lower Paxton”
- Ukrainian: “Ловер-Пакстон Тауншип”
- Urdu: “لوئر پیکسٹن ٹاؤن شپ، پنسلوانیا”
- Urdu: “لوئر پیکسٹن ٹاؤن شپ”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Lower Paxton, Quận Dauphin, Pennsylvania”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Lower Paxton”
- Welsh: “Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania”
- Welsh: “Lower Paxton Township”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pleasant Hills and Paxton Acres.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ridgeview Brightbill Park and Hills Shopping Center.
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