Swatara Township

Swatara Township is a locality in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Swatara Township is situated nearby to the village Oberlin, as well as near Lawnton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Paxtang Park and Bishop McDevitt High School.

Paxtang Park

Park

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

Bishop McDevitt High School is a private, Roman Catholic, co-educational high school in Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1918 as "Catholic High School" in Harrisburg and renamed in 1957 to honor the memory of the Most Reverend Philip R.

Harrisburg 19th Street Armory

Historic building

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The Harrisburg 19th Street Armory is an historic, United States National Guard armory that is located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Harrisburg 19th Street Armory is situated 2½ miles west of Swatara Township.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swatara and Steelton.

Swatara

Suburb

Swatara is an unincorporated community in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, located near Hershey in the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area.

Steelton

Village

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Steelton is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, 4 miles southeast of the state capital, Harrisburg. The population was 6,263 at the 2020 census. The borough is part of the Harrisburg metropolitan area. Steelton is situated 2 miles west of Swatara Township.

Lawnton

Village

Lawnton is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,813 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Swatara Township

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Township of Swatara”
Location: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.2463° or 40° 14′ 47″ north

Longitude

-76.803° or 76° 48′ 11″ west

Elevation

479 feet (146 metres)

Open location code

87G565WW+GR

GeoNames ID

5215008

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Localities in the Area

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