Roxbury, Pennsylvania

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Roxbury, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Roxbury
Coordinates: 40°6′37″N77°39′43″W / 40.11028°N 77.66194°W / 40.11028; -77.66194
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Franklin
Township Lurgan
Elevation
748 ft (228 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
17251
Area code 717
GNIS feature ID1185584 [1]

Roxbury is an unincorporated community located off the Blue Mountain exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 76) in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. [1] Route 641 and Route 997 meet there.

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Roxbury was laid out circa 1778. [2] A post office called Roxbury has been in operation since 1822. [3]

Notable person

• Carl Cover, (1893-1944) aviation pioneer

References

  1. 1 2 "Roxbury". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ M'Cauley, I. H. (1878). Historical Sketch of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Patriot. p.  217.
  3. ↑ "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 19, 2017.


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