Amberson, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
  Amberson  Amberson | |
| Coordinates: 40°10′13″N77°40′38″W / 40.17028°N 77.67722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Franklin |
| Township | Fannett |
| Elevation | 948 ft (289 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 17210 |
| Area code | 717 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1168249 [1] |
Amberson is an unincorporated community in Fannett Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Amberson is located along Amberson Road in a narrow valley to the northwest of Roxbury. [2]
Fannett Township was incorporated as part of Cumberland County in 1761, and Francis Amberson settled in the valley in 1763. [3] Evidence points to there having been settlers in Amberson prior to Francis, however. Fannett Township was included in the new Franklin County when it was incorporated in 1784. [4]
Perry County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,842. The county seat is New Bloomfield. The county was created on March 22, 1820, and was named for Oliver Hazard Perry, a hero of the War of 1812, who had recently died. It was originally part of Cumberland County and was created in part because residents did not want to travel over the mountain to Carlisle, the county seat of Cumberland County. Landisburg became the temporary county seat before New Bloomfield was ultimately chosen.
Fulton County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,556, making it the fourth-least populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is McConnellsburg. The county was created on April 19, 1850, from a part of Bedford County and named after inventor Robert Fulton.
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