Union Deposit, Pennsylvania

Union Deposit, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
Entering Union Deposit from North Hanover Street
Location in Dauphin County and state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°17′25″N76°40′55″W / 40.29028°N 76.68194°W / 40.29028; -76.68194
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Dauphin
Township	South Hanover
Area
• Total	0.31 sq mi (0.81 km2)
• Land	0.30 sq mi (0.78 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation	390 ft (120 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	407
• Density	1,359/sq mi (524.8/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	17033
FIPS code	42-78472
GNIS feature ID	1214018

Union Deposit is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in South Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Harrisburg – Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census the population of Union Deposit was 407 residents. ^[1]

Union Deposit (formerly called Unionville and Uniontown) was laid out in 1833 by Isaac Hershey (west end) and Philip Wolfersberger (east end). ^[2] The village's original growth and namesake comes from construction of the Union Canal, which deposited goods in the area, upon where the village boomed from various commercial enterprises. ^[3]

Geography

The community is in southeastern Dauphin County, along the southeastern edge of South Hanover Township. Its southern and eastern border follows Swatara Creek, a southward-flowing tributary of the Susquehanna River. Pennsylvania Route 39 (Hershey Road) forms the northeastern edge of the community; it leads southeast 2 miles (3 km) to the center of Hershey and northwest 5 miles (8 km) to Interstate 81.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Union Deposit CDP has a total area of 0.31 square miles (0.81 km²), of which 0.30 square miles (0.78 km²) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km²), or 4.19%, is water. ^[1]

See also

Other unincorporated communities in South Hanover Township:

• Hoernerstown, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the west
• Sand Beach, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the northeast

References

1. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Union Deposit CDP, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
2. Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania. Harrisburg Publishing Company. 1895. pp. 14–.
3. "Union Deposit: Connections, stories of our neighborhoods". pennlive. August 4, 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2021.