Upper Allen Township
Upper Allen Township is a township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 23,183 at the 2020 census, up from 18,059 at the 2010 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 23,200 residents
- Description: township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Township of Upper Allen” and “Upper Allen Township, Pennsylvania”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Union Hotel and Messiah University.
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.
Messiah University
University
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Messiah University is a private interdenominational evangelical Christian university in Upper Allen Township, Pennsylvania, near Mechanicsburg.
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School
School
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School is a secondary school located on 500 South Broad Street in the borough of Mechanicsburg, west of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The school is part of the Mechanicsburg Area School District. Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School is situated 2½ miles northwest of Upper Allen Township.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mechanicsburg and Bowmansdale.
Mechanicsburg
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Mechanicsburg is a borough of 9,000 people in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Mechanicsburg is eight miles west of Harrisburg. It is home to Jubilee Day, the largest and longest-running-one-day street fair on the east coast.
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.
Upper Allen Township
- Category: township of Pennsylvania
- Location: Cumberland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Welsh—“Upper Allen Township” goes by many names.
- German: “Upper Allen Township”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Upper Allen (condado de Cumberland, Pensilvania)”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Upper Allen”
- Spanish: “Upper Allen”
- Ukrainian: “Аппер-Аллен Тауншип”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Upper Allen, Quận Cumberland, Pennsylvania”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Upper Allen”
- Welsh: “Upper Allen Township, Pennsylvania”
- Welsh: “Upper Allen Township”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Spring Run Acres and Mount Allen Estates.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Spring Run Park and Mount Allen Park.
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