Shermans Dale, Pennsylvania

Shermans Dale Sherman's Dale Sherman Valley
Unincorporated community
Coordinates: 40°19′27″N77°10′24″W / 40.32417°N 77.17333°W / 40.32417; -77.17333
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Perry
Township	Carroll
Elevation	468 ft (143 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
ZIP code	17090
Area code	717

Shermans Dale is an unincorporated community in Carroll Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States, ^[1] along Shermans Creek. It was originally settled by Scots-Irish settlers before the American Revolutionary War. Its ZIP code is 17090.

The public school that serves Shermans Dale is West Perry School District.

Religion

Mt. Gilead United Methodist Church is located here. It is also the site of a former Presbyterian church with a pioneer graveyard. Although this church is no longer used for weekly services, it is maintained for use for weddings and funerals.

Notable people

• Jerry G. Beck Jr., US Army brigadier general ^{[2] [3]}
• William Bigler, 12th governor of Pennsylvania and a former U.S. Senator
• Darrell Horcher, former UFC fighter, Bellator and Cage Fury Fighting Championships
• Alexander Kelly McClure, former Pennsylvania State Senator

References

1. "Shermans Dale". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Couple start animal sanctuary in Shermans Dale". Perry County Times. New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania. June 29, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
3. "Biography Brig. Gen. (Ret) Jerry G. Beck Jr" (PDF). DMVA Hall of Fame. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. 2017. pp. 1–2.