Upper Strasburg, Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
Unincorporated community | |
 Methodist church | |
  Upper Strasburg  Upper Strasburg | |
| Coordinates:40°3′37″N77°42′32″W / 40.06028°N 77.70889°W /40.06028; -77.70889 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Franklin |
| Township | Letterkenny |
| Elevation | 728 ft (222 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 17265 |
| Area code | 717 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1190256[1] |
Upper Strasburg is anunincorporated community that is located inLetterkenny Township inFranklin County,Pennsylvania, United States.
It is situated near theTuscarora Mountain ridge in theAppalachian Mountains at the intersection ofPennsylvania Route 533, State Route 4004 (Mountain Road/Valley Road), and Community Road, northwest ofChambersburg and north of theLetterkenny Army Depot.[2]
The road from Upper Strasburg toFannettsburg and on toBurnt Cabins was builtcirca 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 asThree Mountain Road orHorse Valley Road but is generally known asUpper 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]
The Upper StrasburgZIP code 17265 covers 37.93 sq mi (98.2 km2), a population of 496 and 294 housing units, 211 of them occupied.[7][8]
