Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
Borough of Paxtang

Paxtang

Paxtang is a borough in , , United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,640. The borough is a suburb of and is one of the earliest colonial in South Central Pennsylvania.
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  • Type: Village with 1,650 residents
  • Description: borough in southwestern Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
  • Also known as: “Paxtang, PA”, “Paxtang, Pennsylvania”, “Paxtaug”, “Paxtnag, Pennsylvania”, and “Paxton”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Paxtang Park and Harrisburg 19th Street Armory.

Park
is a hiking and mountain biking park in and Paxtang, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the Capital Area Greenbelt.

Historic building
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The is an historic, United States National Guard armory that is located in , . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Museum
The , located at One Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park in , is a private 501c nonprofit promoting the preservation of material culture and sources of information that are directly relevant to the American Civil… is situated 1½ miles northwest of Paxtang.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oakleigh and East Harrisburg.

Neighborhood
is an unincorporated community in . It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area. is located on the intersection of Fortieth Street and Derry Street in Swatara Township.

Suburb
Photo: Penndyl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a district of neighborhoods in the eastern end of . Its southern border is formed by Interstate 83; eastern border is Paxtang along 29th Street; northern border is Market Street and the borough of ; western border is the Allison Hill neighborhood along 21st Street and including .

Neighborhood
is an unincorporated community in Swatara Township in . It is located in the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area.

Paxtang

Latitude
40.25898° or 40° 15′ 32″ north
Longitude
-76.83192° or 76° 49′ 55″ west
Population
1,650
Elevation
364 feet (111 metres)
Open location code
87G57559+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158380265
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5205249
Wiki­data ID
Q1181480
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Paxtang” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باكستانغ”
  • Basque: “Paxtang”
  • Catalan: “Paxtang”
  • Cebuano: “Paxtang”
  • Chechen: “Пакстанг”
  • Chinese: “Paxtang”
  • Chinese: “帕克斯堂”
  • Dutch: “Paxtang”
  • French: “Paxtang”
  • German: “Paxtang”
  • Gilaki: “پکستنگ (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “پکستنگ”
  • Haitian: “Paxtang, Pennsilvani”
  • Haitian: “Paxtang”
  • Italian: “Paxtang”
  • Ladin: “Paxtang”
  • Malagasy: “Paxtang, Pennsylvania”
  • Malagasy: “Paxtang”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Paxtang”
  • Portuguese: “Paxtang”
  • Serbian: “Пакстанг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Paxtang, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Paxtang”
  • Spanish: “Paxtang”
  • Tatar: “Пакстанг”
  • Ukrainian: “Пакстанг”
  • Uzbek: “Paxtang”
  • Uzbek: “Пахтанг”
  • Vietnamese: “Paxtang, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Paxtang”
  • Volapük: “Paxtang”
  • Welsh: “Paxtang, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Paxtang”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Paxtang Fire Company 1 Station 40 and Paxtang Municipal Building.

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