Timeline of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania history

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1889 Map of Harrisburg City

This is a timeline of the major events in the history of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and vicinity.

Contents

Early America

19th century

20th century

Share of the Harrisburg Railways Company, issued 15. July 1916 Harrisburg Railways Company 1916.jpg
Share of the Harrisburg Railways Company, issued 15. July 1916

21st century

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Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of 2021, Harrisburg is the ninth-largest city and 15th-largest municipality in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg is situated on the east bank of the Susquehanna River. It is the larger principal city of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area, also known as the Susquehanna Valley, which had a population of 591,712 as of 2020, making it the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in Pennsylvania after the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Lehigh Valley metropolitan areas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Interstate 83</span> Interstate Highway in Pennsylvania and Maryland

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dauphin County, Pennsylvania</span> County in Pennsylvania, United States

Dauphin County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 286,401. The county seat is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's state capital and ninth-most populous city. The county was created on March 4, 1785, from part of Lancaster County and was named after Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, the first son of King Louis XVI.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steelton, Pennsylvania</span> Borough in Pennsylvania, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Capital Area Transit (Harrisburg)</span> Public transportation agency in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area</span> Metropolitan area in Pennsylvania, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Market Street Bridge (Susquehanna River)</span> Bridge in Harrisburg and Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania</span> Aspect of US history

The history of Harrisburg, the state capital of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, has played a key role in the development of the nation's industrial history from its origins as a trading outpost to the present. Harrisburg has played a critical role in American history during the Westward Migration, the American Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. For part of the 19th century, the building of the Pennsylvania Canal and later the Pennsylvania Railroad allowed Harrisburg to become one of the most industrialized cities in the Northeast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Broad Street Market</span> United States historic place

The Broad Street Market, opened in 1863, is located in the Midtown neighborhood of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in the United States. Originally established on Broad Street by the Verbeke family, it is today one of the oldest continuously operating farmers markets in the country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cumberland Valley Railroad</span> Early railroad in Pennsylvania, U.S.

The Cumberland Valley Railroad was an early railroad in Pennsylvania, United States, originally chartered in 1831 to connect with Pennsylvania's Main Line of Public Works. Freight and passenger service in the Cumberland Valley in south central Pennsylvania from near Harrisburg to Chambersburg began in 1837, with service later extended to Hagerstown, Maryland, and then extending into the Shenandoah Valley to Winchester, Virginia. It employed up to 1,800 workers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harrisburg Historic District</span> Historic district in Pennsylvania, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex</span> United States historic place

The Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex is a large complex of state government buildings in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Set on more than 50 acres (20 ha) of downtown Harrisburg, it includes the Pennsylvania State Capitol and a landscaped park environment with monuments, memorials, and other government buildings. It is bounded on the north by Forster Street, the east by North 7th Street, the south by Walnut Street, and the west by North 3rd Street. Most of this area is a National Historic Landmark District, recognized in 2013 as a fully realized example of the City Beautiful movement landscape and planning design of Arnold Brunner.

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