Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg is the capital city of Pennsylvania, one of the four U.S.
state">U.S. states called a Commonwealth of the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city has 50,099 people living in it.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
 | |
 Location of Harrisburg in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. | |
| Coordinates: 40°16′11″N 76°52′32″W / 40.26972°N 76.87556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| Commonwealth | Pennsylvania |
| County | Dauphin |
| Incorporated | 1791 |
| Charter | 1860 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wanda Williams (D) |
| Area | |
| • City | 11.4 sq mi (26.9 km2) |
| • Land | 8.1 sq mi (21.0 km2) |
| • Water | 3.3 sq mi (8.6 km2) |
| • Urban | 335.4 sq mi (539.7 km2) |
| Elevation | 320 ft (98 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • City | 50,099 |
| • Density | 6,169.83/sq mi (2,382.18/km2) |
| • Urban | 444,474 |
| • Metro | 591,712 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Website | http://www.harrisburgpa.gov/ |
Harrisburg is the county seat of Dauphin County and is on the Susquehanna River, 105 miles (169 km) northwest of Philadelphia.
Originally the home to Native Americans, Captain John Smith first made contact with them in 1608. In 1719, English trader John Harris, Sr. built a home on the bank of the river, and by 1785 obtained the land from William Penn, creating the settlement of "Harrisburg" named after Harris.
Related pages
Notes and References
Other websites
This short article about a place or feature in the United States can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.This article uses material from the Wikipedia Simple English article Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki Simple English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.