Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
| Harrisburg | |
| Place in the United States | |
| Location of Harrisburg in Pennsylvania | |
| Location of Pennsylvania in the US | |
| Location | |
| County | Dauphin County |
| Type of place | City |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40° 16′ N, 76° 53′ WL |
| General | |
| Surface | 30.73 km² |
| – country | 21.03 km² |
| – water | 9.70 km² |
| Inhabitants (2006) |
47,164 (2243 inhabitant/km²) |
| Height | 98 m |
| Politics | |
| Mayor | Wanda Williams (D) |
| Other | |
| ZIP code(s) | 17101-17113, 17120-17130, 17140, 17177 |
| FIPS code | 32800 |
| Website | harrisburgpa.gov |
According to Mcat-test-centers, Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania, a state in the United States of America. It is also the county seat of Dauphin County. Located on the Susquehanna River, the city is 165 kilometers from Philadelphia and had a population of 48,950 in 2000.
History
Harrisburg from the Susquehanna
In 1719, English merchant John Harris settled in the area where his son started a ferry across the Susquehanna in 1753. The location was long known as Harris’s Ferry. In 1785, the site was expanded into a village, first called Harrisburg but renamed Louisburg in 1786 in honor of King Louis XVI of France. In 1791 the name Harrisburg was restored and the city became the capital of Pennsylvania in 1812.
On March 28, 1979, a failure occurred at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant near Harrisburg, which nearly resulted in a nuclear disaster.
Traffic and Transport
Road traffic
The city is served by Interstate highways I-76 (east), I-78, I-81, I-83, and I-283.
Air traffic
Harrisburg International Airport is located 15 kilometers from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s third largest airport.
Public Transport
The Capital Area Transit System provides public transportation for Harrisburg and the surrounding area. In addition to 36 “normal” bus routes, the CAT also operates 2 bus lines on the campus of Shippensburg University (near Shippensburg).
Harrisburg train station is on the “Pennsylvanian Route” (New York – Philadelphia – Harrisburg – Altoona – Pittsburgh) and the “Keystone Route” (New York – Philadelphia – Harrisburg).
Nearby places
The figure below shows nearby places within a 4 km radius of Harrisburg.
Harrisburg
- Lemoyne (3km)
- Paxtang (4 km)
- Penbrook (3 km)
- Progress (4km)
- Wormleysburg (3 km)
Born
- Jean Shiley (1911-1998), high jumper
- Barney Ewell (1918-1996), athlete
- Bobby Troup (1918–1999), actor, pianist and songwriter
- Newt Gingrich (1943), Republican politician and former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- Glenn Branca (1948-2018), guitarist and composer
- Barry Lynn (1948), pastor and activist
- Dan Hartman (1950-1994), singer and composer
- Eric Martsolf (1971), actor
- Ryan Whiting (1986), athlete
