Upper Strasburg, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Methodist church
Methodist church
Upper Strasburg is located in Pennsylvania
Upper Strasburg
Upper Strasburg
Upper Strasburg is located in the United States
Upper Strasburg
Upper Strasburg
Coordinates: 40°3′37″N 77°42′32″W / 40.06028°N 77.70889°W / 40.06028; -77.70889
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyFranklin
TownshipLetterkenny
Elevation
728 ft (222 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
17265
Area code717
GNIS feature ID1190256[1]

Upper Strasburg is an unincorporated community that is located in Letterkenny Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States.

It is situated at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 533, State Route 4004 (Mountain Road/Valley Road), and Community Road, northwest of Chambersburg and north of the Letterkenny Army Depot.[2]

History

The road from Upper Strasburg to Fannettsburg and on to Burnt Cabins was built circa 1790 and for many years formed part of the main road from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. The road is now part of SR 4004 and was known as Three Mountain Road or Horse Valley Road but is generally known as Upper Strasburg Road now.[3]

The town was laid out in 1789 by Dewalt Keefer and serviced Conestoga wagons and travelers crossing the mountains. The early post office, established by 1797, was originally known simply as Strasburg, but the name was changed to Upper Strasburg by 1830 to distinguish it from towns in eastern Pennsylvania.[4][5]

In 1873, the town had three churches, "one hotel, one steam tannery, one sawmill, two stores, two blacksmith, two shoe-maker, two cabinet-maker, one tailor and one saddler shops, and two hundred ninety-three inhabitants."[6]

ZIP code information

The Upper Strasburg ZIP code 17265 covers 37.93 sq mi (98.2 km2), a population of 496 and 294 housing units, 211 of them occupied.[7][8]

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  1. ^ "Upper Strasburg". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Franklin County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jo G. Treat (September 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Skinner Tavern" (PDF). Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  4. ^ "Pennsylvania Franklin County". Jim Forte - Postal History. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  5. ^ Green, Duff (1831). Table of the Post Offices in the United States. United States. Post Office Dept. p. 94.
  6. ^ M'Cauley, I.H. (1878). Historical Sketch of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. D.F. Pursel. p. 152. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  7. ^ "American Fact Finder, 17265". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  8. ^ "17246". United States Zip Codes. Retrieved August 3, 2016. Note that this is not an official USPS website, but it includes a map.
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