Harrisburg
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- Names
Harrisburg
Louisbourg
Paxtang
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on Susquehanna River; was established as trading post & ferry service in 18th cen.; grew with arrival of Pennsylvania Canal & railroad in 1830s; today is hub of large urbanized area including several independent boroughs & townships.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
- Born
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