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Dauphin County Pennsylvania - Government Site

Population: 269,797
Area: 525 square miles
County seat: Harrisburg
Area code(s) in use: 717
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.5%
Median household income: $54,066
Persons in poverty: 12.7%
Home ownership rate: 65.0%
Mean travel time to work: 21.0 minutes

Adjacent counties:
Cumberland Lancaster Lebanon Northumberland Perry Schuylkill York

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Places in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Airports show all on map

Bendigo Airport, Brookside Farms Airport, Carsonville Airport, CNB Heliport, DBS Heliport, Ecko Field Airport, Gusler Airport, Harman Airport, Harrisburg International Airport, Hershey Air Park, M S Hershey Medical Center Helistop, Metropolitan Edison Three Mile Island Heliport, Sheepshead Airport, Sheepshead Heliport, State Police Area III Heliport, State Police Area Three Airport, Tallman West Airport, Three Mile Island Number Two Airport, Turnpike Number One Heliport, Walsh Airport, Yingst Airport

Areas show all on map

Devils Race Course, Rowland Picnic Area

Bridges show all on map

Clarks Ferry Bridge, George N Wade Bridge, Market Street Bridge, Memorial Bridge, Rockville Bridge, Taylor Bridge, Walnut Bridge

Buildings show all on map

Berrysburg and Community Fire Company Station 26, Borough of Middletown Mill Street Substation, Borough of Middletown Water Treatment Plant, Broad Street Market, Carsonville Volunteer Fire Company 1 Dauphin County Station 19, Chambers Hill Fire Company and Community Association Station 546, Citizens Fire Company 1 of Highspire, Citizens Fire Company 1 of Penbrook, Colonial Park Fire Company 1 Station 33, Community Life Team Emergency Medical Services, Dauphin - Middle Paxton Fire Company 1 Station 38, Edgemont Volunteer Fire Company Station 31, Fisherville Volunteer Fire Company 1, Fort Hunter Museum, Founders Hall, Friendship Fire Company 1 Station 31, Governors Mansion, Grantville Volunteer Fire Company Station 39, Gratz Area Fire Company 1, Halifax Area Ambulance and Rescue, Halifax Fire Department, Harrisburg Bureau of Fire Station 1, Harrisburg Bureau of Fire Station 2, Harrisburg Bureau of Fire Station 6, Harrisburg Bureau of Fire Station 8 Mount Pleasant, Hershey Information Center, Hershey Museum of American Life, Hershey Volunteer Fire Company Station 48, Hummelstown Chemical Fire Company 1 Station 46, John Harris Mansion, Lawnton Fire Company Station 44, Liberty Hose Company 1 Station 24, Liberty Hose Company 2 Station 22, Linglestown Fire Company 1 Station 35, Londonderry Fire Company 1 Station 54 / Londonderry Emergency Medical Services, Londonderry Township Municipal Building, Lower Swatara Volunteer Fire Department Station 59, Medical Express Ambulance Service, Middletown Public Library, Middletown Volunteer Fire Department Station 88, Millersburg Area Ambulance, Millersburg Fire Company 1 Station 20, Paxtang Fire Company 1 Station 40, Paxtonia Fire Company Station 34, Penn State Hershey Rehabilitation, Pennsylvania Capitol, Pillow Fire Company Station 28, Progress Fire Company, Reliance Hose Company 1, Rescue Fire Company 1 Station 37, Rescue Hose Company Number Three, Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse, Royalton Municipal Building, Rutherford Fire Company 1, South Central Emergency Medical Services, State Farm Show Building, Steelton Volunteer Fire Department Station 50, Susquehanna Township Emergency Medical Services, Swatara Emergency Medical Services, Swatara Township Volunteer Fire Company Station 1 Company 49, Union Deposit Volunteer Fire Company Station 2, Union Deposit Volunteer Fire Company Station 47, Union Hose Company Number One, University Center, Upper Dauphin County Emergency Services, West Hanover Township Fire Company 1 Station 36 - 1, West Hanover Township Fire Company 1 Station 36 - 2, West Hanover Township Fire Company 1 Station 36 - 3, Wiconisco Fire Engine Company 1 Station 23, Williamstown Area Emergency Medical Service

Canals show all on map

Pennsylvania Canal

Cemeteries show all on map

Baldwin Cemetery, Bethel Cemetery, Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Calvary Cemetery, Calvary Cemetery, Day Cemetery, East Harrisburg Cemetery, Fairview Cemetery, Gods Missionary Cemetery, Harrisburg Cemetery, Hershey Cemetery, Highland Cemetery, Holy Cross Cemetery, Koons Memorial Park, Maple Grove Cemetery, Midland Cemetery, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Oak Hill Cemetery, Paxtang Cemetery, Prospect Hill Cemetery, Resurrection Cemetery, Rickard Memorial Cemetery, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Saint Pauls Cemetery, Shoops Cemetery, Shoops Cemetery, Union Church Cemetery, Willow Grove Cemetery, Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Zion Cemetery

Census show all on map

Bressler Census Designated Place, Bressler-Enhaut-Oberlin Census Designated Place (historical), Colonial Park Census Designated Place, Enhaut Census Designated Place, Hershey Census Designated Place, Lawnton Census Designated Place, Lenkerville Census Designated Place, Linglestown Census Designated Place, Oberlin Census Designated Place, Palmdale Census Designated Place, Paxtonia Census Designated Place, Progress Census Designated Place, Rutherford Census Designated Place, Skyline View Census Designated Place, Union Deposit Census Designated Place, Wiconsico Census Designated Place

Churches show all on map

Armstrong Valley Bible Church, Balsbaugh Church, Beulah Church, Bible Church, Bowerman Church, Calvary Church, Calvary Independent Church, Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Christ Church, Christ the Saviour Church, Church of Christ, Colemans Church, Colonial Park Church, Conewago Church Number 1, Conewago Church Number 2, Congregation Bnai Jacob, East Hanover Church, Ebenezer A. M. E. Church, Ebenezer Church, Evangelical United Methodist Church, Faith Church, Faith United Church, Fetterhoff Church, First Baptist Church of Hershey, First Church of God, First Zion Baptist Church, Fishburns Church, Fountain of Life Church, Foursquare Church, Free Grace Church, Full Mission, Geyers United Methodist Church, Grace Church, Grace Church, Grace Church, Grace Church, Grace Church, Heckton Church, Hershey Church, Historical Church (historical), Holy Name of Jesus Church, Jacobs Church, Jacobs Church, Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses, Klingers Church, Manada Furnace Church, Middletown Area Bible Church, Middletown Presbyterian Congregation, Mount Zion Church (historical), Neidig Church, Oakdale Church, Paxton Church, Paxton Church, Pilgrim Church, Powells Church, Powells Valley Church, Riegles Church, Riegles Church, Riverside Church, Royalton United Methodist Church, Saint Davids Church, Saint Jacobs Church, Saint James Church, Saint James Church, Saint Johns Church, Saint Johns Church, Saint Marks Church, Saint Marks United Methodist Church, Saint Marys Church, Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Saint Pauls Church, Saint Peters Church, Saint Peters Church, Saint Peters Church, Saint Peters Church, Saint Thomas Church, Salem Church, Salem Church, Salem Church, Salem Church, Sand Beach Mission, Schenks Church, Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Shells Church, Shoops Church, Shopes United Methodist Church, Spring Creek Church, Stauffers Church, Stoverdale United Methodist Church, Straws Church, Stricklers Menonite Church, Swatara Hill Church, Trinity Church, Trinity Church, Valley Baptist Church, Valley Church, Valley Church, Victory Fellowship Church, Wesley United Methodist Church, Zion Church, Zion Church

Crossings show all on map

Pennsylvania Turnpike Interchange 19

Dams show all on map

Dehart Dam, Hummelstown Dam, Round Top Dam, Wildwood Dam

Falls show all on map

Forests show all on map

Haldeman State Forest

Gaps show all on map

Heckert Gap, Manada Gap

Hospitals show all on map

Bloom Outpatient Clinic, Harrisburg State Hospital, Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State Hospital, Pinnacle Health Hospital Harrisburg Campus, Select Specialty Hospital at Polyclinic Medical Center

Islands show all on map

Bashore Island, Beech Island, Berrier Island, Bressler Island, Calver Island, City 1, City Island, Clemson Island, Crafts Island, Duncan Island, Fall Island, Fritz Island, Goosehorn Island, Haldeman Island, Henry Island, Hess Island, Hill Island, Hoak Island, Independence Island, Kohr Island, Lingle Island, Little Stony Island, McCormicks Island, Poplar Island, Redbuds Island, Sassafras Island, Sheesly Island, Sheets Island, Shelley Island, Spades Wharf Island, Stucker Island, Sweigarts Island, Threemile Island, West Fall Island, Zimmerman Island

Lakes show all on map

Bear Puddles, Italian Lake, Lisa Lake, Wildwood Lake, Wolf Pond

Locales show all on map

Blue Ridge Country Club, Camp Hebron, Camp Reily, Camp Shikellimy, City Line Shopping Center, Colonial Country Club, Colonial Park Mall, Dauphin Meadows Landfill, Dauphin Plaza, East Park Shopping Center, Enola Yards, Fort Indiantown Gap, Harmony Hall, Harrisburg Country Club, Harrisburg East Mall, Harrisburg Industrial Park, Harrisburg Shopping Center, Harrisburg Sportsman Club, Hershey Country Club and Golf Courses, Hershey Highmeadow Camp, Hershey Nursery, Hershey Parkview Golf, Hershey Spring Creek Golf, Hills Shopping Center, Hotel Hershey Golf Course, Kings Plaza, Kline Village Shopping Center, Manada Golf Course, Minnich Hit Picnic Area, Oakdale Station, Olmstead Plaza, Park Village Plaza, Peters Mountain Overlook, Reservoir Park Overlook, Rutherford Yards, Scottsdale Plaza, Stoverdale Camp, Strawberry Square, Sunset Golf Course, Susquehanna River Overlook, The Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, The Hotel Hershey, The Point Shopping Center, Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant, Union Square, Uptown Plaza, Village of Oakhurst Shopping Center

Mines show all on map

Elizabethville Quarry, Fiddlers Elbow Quarry, Hummelstown Quarry, Steelton Quarry, Swatara Quarry

Parks show all on map

Blue Mountain Lions Park, Blue Ridge Park, Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area, Braxton Park, Clover Heights Park, Delaware and Wallace Park, Fourth and Dauphin Park, Gorgas Park, Hershey Gardens, Hershey Park, Hershey Park Arena, Hocker Park, Hodges Heights Park, Italian Park, Joseph E. Ibberson Conservation Area, Kohl Memorial Park, Little Valley Park, Mount Laurel Park, Penbrook Park, Penn and Dauphin Park, Penn and Sayford Park, Penn National Race Course, Putnam Park, Reservoir Park, Ridgeview Brightbill Park, Royal Terrace Park, Seventh and Radnor Park, Shank Park, Shipoke Park, State Game Land No. 319, State Game Land Number 246, State Game Lands No 211, State Game Lands Number 210, State Game Lands Number 211, State Game Lands Number 246, State Game Lands Number 264, State Game Lands Number 264, State Game Lands Number 275, State Game Lands Number 290, Sunshine Park, Swatara Park, Wildwood Lake Nature Center, Wildwood Park, Zoo America

Populated Places show all on map

Alpine Heights, Bachmanville, Beaufort Farms, Beaver Brook Manor, Belmont Acres, Benvenue, Berrysburg, Big Run, Bloomburg Village, Blue Ridge Manor, Bonneymeade Farm, Braeburn, Branbury Cross, Brandywine Manor, Bressler, Carsonville, Cartin, Catalina, Centennial Acres, Chartwood, Chestnut Hill, Clearview Manor, Clifton, Cloverly Acres, Club Estates, Colonial Crest, Colonial Estates, Colonial Hills, Colonial Park, Colonial Park Farms, Colonial Terrace, Colonial Wood, Coxtown (historical), Crest View, Crestview Manor, Dauphin, David Manor, Dayton, Deodate, Devonshire Crest, Devonshire Estates, Devonshire Heights, Devonshire Hills, Dietrich, Ebenezer, Edgemont, Edgewood Hills, Elizabethville, Ellendale Forge, Enders, Englewood, English Manor, Enhaut, Enterline, Erdman, Eubuna Gardens, Fisherville, Forest Hills, Fort Hunter, Fox Chase, Fox Ridge Court, Freys Grove, Glenn Acres, Glenwood, Grantville, Gratz, Greenbriar, Greenfield, Greenwood Hills, Halifax, Hanover Heights, Hanover Hills, Hanoverdale, Harrisburg, Hassler Meadows, Haven Croft, Heckton, Hershey, High Ridge, Highspire, Hillsdale Acres, Hillside Village, Hillymeade, Hockersville, Hodges Heights, Hoernerstown, Holiday Park, Holmstead Manor, Houck Manor, Hummelstown, Inglenook, Jackson Lick, Jednota, Kent Gardens, Killinger, Lakeview Heights, Laurel Woods, Lawnford Acres, Lawnton, Lawrence Park, Lawton Gardens, Lenkerville, Linglestown, Little Hollywood Mobile Home Park, Locust Lane Acres, Locust Lane Gardens, Locust Ridge Manor, Long Lane Acres, Loyalton, Lucknow, Lykens, Manada Gap, Manadahill, Manor Acres, Marene Village, Matamoras, Matterstown, Meade Heights, Middletown, Millersburg, Montrose Park, Mountain Dale, Mountain View, Mountain View Acres, North Skyline View, Oakleigh, Oakmont, Oberlin, Oberlin Gardens, Old Colonial Village, Palmdale, Paxtang, Paxtang Manor, Paxtang Manor, Paxton, Paxton Acres, Paxton Hollow Estates, Paxtonia, Penbrook, Pennwood, Piketown, Pillow, Pine Acres, Pine Manor, Pleasant Hills, Pleasant Hills, Pleasant View, Poplar Gardens, Powells Valley, Progress, Reservoir Heights, Ridge Acres, Ridgeview, Rife, Ritzie Village, Rockford Heights, Rockville, Round Top Manor, Royalton, Rustic Hills, Rutherford, Rutherford Gardens, Rutherford Heights, Sand Beach, Sandhill, Sangree, Shellsville, Singersville, Skyline View, South Devonshire Estates, Sparton Marshfield, Spechty Kopf, Speeceville, Spring Creek Manor, Spring Valley, Springford Village, Stafford Heights, Steelton, Stone Glen, Sunset Manor, Susquehanna Manor, Swatara, Swatara Crest, Twin Lakes, Twin Lakes Park, Union Deposit, Valley View Acres, Vaughn, Victoria Furnace, Waltonville, Waynesville, White Spring, Wiconisco, Williamstown, Willow Farms Mobile Home Park, Windsor Farms, Windsor Manor, Wood Ridge Manor, Woodridge Estates

Post Offices show all on map

McClellan Post Office, Steelton Post Office

Ranges show all on map

Reservoirs show all on map

DeHart Reservoir, Dehart Reservoir, Lake Frederic, Middletown Reservoir, Round Top Impoundment, Stony Creek Reservoir

Ridges show all on map

Dividing Ridge, Mahantango Mountain, Peters Mountain

Schools show all on map

Academy of Medicine, Annie B Nye Elementary School, Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Black Oak High School, Boas School (historical), Boyer School, Cameron School, Camp Curtain Early Childhood School, Central Dauphin East High School, Central Dauphin East Junior High School, Central Dauphin High School, Chambers Hill School, Conewago Elementary School, Dauphin County Area Vocational Technical School, Derry Elementary School, Derry High School, Derry One-Room School (historical), Downey Early Childhood School, Dunkle School, East End School, East End School, East Hanover Elementary School, East Side School, Edison Junior High School, Elizabeth Z Price Elementary School, Enders-Fisherville School, Fishing Creek School, Fishing Creek School, Foose School, Fuhrmans School, George W Feaser Middle School, George W Feaser Middle School, Glenwood School, Grandview School, Halifax Area Elementary School, Halifax Area High School, Hamilton Elementary School, Harris High School, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg Christian School, Hartmens School, Herbert Hoover Elementary School, Hershey Intermediate School, Hertzlers School, Holy Family School, John C Kunkel Elementary School, Keen School, Keiters School, Kesslers School, Kissingers School, Koppenhoffer School, Lincoln School, Linglestown Elementary School, Linglestown Junior High School, Londonderry Elementary School, Lower Dauphin High School, Lower Paxton Junior High School, Lyall J Fink Elementary School, Lyall J Fink Elementary School, Mansberger School, Marshall School, Melrose School, Middletown Area High School, Middletown Christian School, Miller School, Milton Hershey High School, Mount Lou-San Bible School, Mount View School, North Side School, Northumberland School (historical), Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament School, Paxtonia School, Pennsylvania State University Capital Campus, Phillips School, Riverside School, Robert G Reid Elementary School, Rutter School (historical), Saint Ann School, Saint Joan of Arc School, Saint Johns School, Saint Marys School, Saint Patricks School, Sainte Peters Lutheran Church, Sara Lindemuth Elementary School, Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary School, Shammos School, Shimmell School, Snyder School, South Hanover Elementary School, South Side School, Steele Elementary School, Steelton Highspire School, Steelton Highspire Vocational Technical School, Summit Street School, Susquehanna Township High School, Susquehanna Township Middle School, Swatara High School, Vernon School, Webster School, West Hanover School, West Side School, William Penn High School, Williams Valley School, Woodward School

Springs show all on map

Spring Creek Springs

Streams show all on map

Armstrong Creek, Asylum Run, Bear Creek, Beaver Creek, Big Run, Black Run, Bow Creek, Brills Run, Burd Run, Buser Run, Canoe Gap Run, Clark Creek, Conewago Creek, Conleys Creek, Deep Creek, Devils Race Course, Doc Smith Run, Dry Run, East Branch Rattling Creek, Fishing Creek, Gallagher Run, Gurdy Run, Hawks Nest Run, Hoffer Creek, Iron Run, Juniata River, Kellock Run, Laurel Run, Little Wiconisco Creek, Lynch Run, Manada Creek, Mud Run, New England Run, Nine O'Clock Run, North Fork Powells Creek, Nyes Run, Paxton Creek, Pine Creek, Powells Creek, Rattling Creek, Rattling Run, Shale Run, Shippens Run, Slotznick Run, Smoke Hole Run, South Fork Powells Creek, Spring Creek, Spring Creek, Stone Cabin Run, Stony Creek, Swatara Creek, Walnut Run, West Branch Rattling Creek, Wiconisco Creek, Wolf Run

Summits show all on map

Berry Mountain, Big Lick Mountain, Round Top, Round Top, Short Mountain, Stony Mountain, Third Mountain

Swamps show all on map

Towers show all on map

Ellendale Forge Radio Tower, Ravine Omni Tower, Stony Mountain Lookout Tower, Water Gap Observation Tower, WCMB-AM (Harrisburg), WFEC-AM (Harrisburg), WGGF-TV (Lebanon), WHPF-FM (Harrisburg), WHPT-TV (Harrisburg), WHTM-TV (Harrisburg), WITF-FM (Harrisburg), WITF-TV (Harrisburg), WMSP-FM (Harrisburg), WMSS-FM (Middletown), WQIN-AM (Lykens), WTPA-FM (Harrisburg)

Trails show all on map

Darlington Trail, Greenland Trail, Grimms Trail, Hostler Trail, Lukes Trail, Matter Trail, Minnich Hit Trail, Rattling Run Trail, Second Mountain Trail, Shikellimy Trail, Victoria Trail, Water Tank Trail, Wolf Pond Trail

Tunnels show all on map

Williamstown Tunnel

Valleys show all on map

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Population By Race (2012 estimate)
Race	Population
White	201,268
Black	50,182
Asian	9,442
Mixed	7,554
American Indian	809
Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	269

Additional population tables :
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