Montrose Park, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Coordinates: | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Dauphin |
Township | Susquehanna |
Elevation | 331 ft (101 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 717 and 223 |
Montrose Park is a populated place and unincorporated community in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, located in the Harrisburg-Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. [1]
It is roughly bounded by Front Street to the west; Montrose Street to the north, Sixth Street to the east and the Harrisburg city line to the south.
The neighborhood was started when local contractors built homes for their workers. In the 1950s, the Jewish Community Center relocated there from the current Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center building in Midtown Harrisburg, and the neighborhood attracted a large Jewish following. [2]
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