Government Detail

Summary

Name Level Type/Class Home Rule?
Cumberland, County of county County (Class: 3) no

Detail

Census Creation Date Created Boundary Alteration Count Dissolved
Jan 27, 1749 9

Map

Related

Name Relationship Status
Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Parent current
Pennsylvania, Province of (defunct) Parent former
Allen, Township of (Cumberland, defunct) Child most recent
Antrim, Township of Child former
Armagh, Township of Child former
Ashcombe, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Ayr, Township of Child former
Barree, Township of Child former
Bedford, Township of (Bedford) Child former
Big Spring, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Buffalo, Township of (Perry) Child former
Camp Hill, Borough of Child current
Carlisle, Borough of Child current
Carlisle, Town of (defunct) Child most recent
Coal, Township of (Cumberland, proposed) Child proposed
Colerain, Township of (Bedford) Child former
Cook, Township of (Cumberland, alternate) Child variant
Cooke, Township of Child current
Cumberland Valley, Township of Child former
Derry, Township of (Mifflin) Child former
Dickinson, Township of (Cumberland) Child current
Dublin, Township of (Fulton) Child former
East Pennsboro, Township of Child current
East Pennsborough, Township of (alternate) Child variant
Fannett, Township of Child former
Fermanagh, Township of Child former
Frankford, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Greenwood, Township of (Perry) Child former
Guilford, Township of Child former
Hamilton, Township of (Franklin) Child former
Hampden, Township of Child current
Hopewell, Township of (Cumberland) Child current
Juniata, Township of (Perry) Child former
Lack, Township of Child former
Lemoyne, Borough of Child current
Letterkenny, Township of Child former
Lower Allen, Township of Child current
Lower Frankford, Township of Child current
Lower Mifflin, Township of Child current
Lurgan, Township of Child former
Mechanicsburg, Borough of (Cumberland) Child current
Middlesex, Township of (Cumberland) Child current
Middleton, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Mifflin, Township of (Cumberland, defunct) Child most recent
Milford, Township of (Juniata) Child former
Monroe, Township of (Cumberland) Child current
Montgomery, Township of (Franklin) Child former
Mount Holly Spring, Borough of (alternate) Child variant
Mount Holly Springs, Borough of Child current
New Cumberland, Borough of Child current
Newburg, Borough of (Cumberland) Child current
Newton, Township of (Cumberland, defunct) Child most recent
Newville, Borough of Child current
North Middleton, Township of Child current
North Newton, Township of Child current
Penn, Township of (Cumberland) Child current
Penn, Township of (Snyder) Child former
Peters, Township of (Franklin) Child former
Riverton, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Rye, Township of Child former
Saville, Township of Child former
Shippensburg, Borough of Child current
Shippensburg, Township of Child current
Shiremanstown, Borough of Child current
Silver Spring, Township of Child current
South Middleton, Township of Child current
South Newton, Township of Child current
Southampton, Township of (Cumberland) Child current
Toboyne, Township of Child former
Tyrone, Township of (Perry) Child former
Upper Allen, Township of Child current
Upper Frankford, Township of Child current
Upper Mifflin, Township of Child current
Washington, Township of (Franklin) Child former
Wayne, Township of (Mifflin) Child former
West Fairview, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
West Pennsboro, Township of Child current
West Pennsborough, Township of (alternate) Child variant
Wormleysburg, Borough of Child current

Identifier

Detail Type Source Identifier Relationship Web Link
View census US Census Bureau FIPS: County 42041 Lead
View geologic USGS GNIS: Civil 1209176 Lead View
View other Wikidata Q494134 Lead View
View state Pennsylvania DCED: County 21 Lead

Affected Government

Detail How Affected Adverse Government How Adverse Affected Date
View Creation Lancaster, County of Reduction Jan 27, 1749
View Expansion York, County of Reduction Feb 9, 1750
View Reduction York, County of Expansion Feb 9, 1750
View Expansion Tribal (placeholder) Reduction 1768
View Reduction Bedford, County of Creation Mar 9, 1771
View Reduction Northumberland, County of Creation Mar 21, 1772
View Reduction Bedford, County of Expansion Sep 30, 1779
View Reduction Franklin, County of Creation Sep 9, 1784
View Swap Huntingdon, County of Swap 1789
View Reduction Mifflin, County of Creation Sep 19, 1789
View Swap Franklin, County of Swap Mar 17, 1790
View Reduction Perry, County of Creation Sep 1, 1820
View Swap York, County of Swap Mar 31, 1823
View Swap Adams, County of Swap May 4, 1832
View Reduction Franklin, County of Expansion Apr 4, 1835

Affected Government Form

Detail Government Form Date
View County Jan 27, 1749
View County, 6th Class Jul 10, 1919
View County, 5th Class Jan 1, 1962
View County, 4th Class Jan 1, 1972
View County, 3rd Class Jan 1, 2012

Other Successful Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View New Township Middleton Township 1750 Creation yes+ 1750
View New Township Peters Township 1750 Creation yes+ 1750
View New Township Guilford Township 1750 Creation yes+ 1750
View New Township Lurgan Township 1750 Creation yes+ 1750
View New Town Carlisle Town 1752 Creation yes+ 1752
View New Township Hamilton Township 1752 Creation yes+ 1752
View New Township Ayr Township-Fannett Township-Lack Township-Tyrone Township 1754 Creation yes+ Oct 23, 1754
View New Township Fermanagh Township 1759 Creation yes+ 1759
View New Township Allen Township 1761 Creation yes+ 1761
View New Township Letterkenny Township 1762 Creation yes+ 1762
View New Township Toboyne Township 1763 Creation yes+ Mar 1763
View New Township Rye Township 1766 Creation yes+ Mar 1766
View Boundary Realignment Fermanagh Township 1767 Boundary Realignment yes+ 1767
View New Township Newton Township 1767 Creation yes+ Jan 1767
View New Township Greenwood Township 1767 Creation yes+ Mar 25, 1767
View New Township Derry Township 1767 Creation yes+ Jul 1767
View New Township Penn Township 1767 Creation yes+ Jul 1767
View New Township Barree Township 1767 Creation yes+ Oct 1767
View New Township Bedford Township 1767 Creation yes+ Oct 1767
View New Township Colerain Township 1767 Creation yes+ Oct 1767
View New Township Cumberland Valley Township 1767 Creation yes+ Oct 1767
View New Township Dublin Township 1767 Creation yes+ Oct 1767
View New Township Milford Township 1768 Creation yes* Nov 7, 1768
View New Township Armagh Township 1770 Creation yes* Jan 1770
View New State Declaration of Independence and Royal Charter Abrogation yes Jul 4, 1776
View New Township Washington Township 1779 Creation yes+ Apr 1779
View New Township Montgomery Township 1781 Creation yes* Jan 1781
View New Borough Carlisle Borough 1782 Creation yes Apr 13, 1782
View New Township Wayne Township 1782 Creation yes* Jul 1782
View New Township Shippensburg Township 1783 Creation yes+ Jul 1783
View New Township Southampton Township 1783 Creation yes* Oct 1783
View New Township Dickinson Township 1785 Creation yes* Apr 1785
View Annexation Hopewell Township-Southampton Township 1791 Annexation yes* 1791
View New Township Juniata Township 1793 Creation yes* Jan 1793
View New Township Frankford Township 1795 Creation yes+ Apr 1795
View New Township Mifflin Township (Cumberland) 1797 Creation yes+ Jan 1797
View New Township Buffalo Township (Cumberland) 1799 Creation yes* Oct 29, 1799
View New Township North Middleton Township-South Middleton Township 1810 Creation yes* Nov 1810
View Boundary Realignment Dickinson Township-South Middleton Township 1812 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1812
View Charter Amendment Carlisle Borough 1814 Charter Amendment yes* 1814
View New Borough Newville Borough 1817 Creation yes May 6, 1817
View New Township Saville Township 1817 Creation yes* Nov 8, 1817
View New Borough Shippensburg Borough 1819 Creation yes Jan 21, 1819
View New Township Monroe Township 1825 Creation yes* Jan 15, 1825
View New Township Silver Spring Township 1825 Creation yes* Apr 13, 1825
View Boundary Realignment Allen Township-Monroe Township 1826 Boundary Realignment (1) yes* 1825–1826
View Boundary Realignment Allen Township-Monroe Township 1826 Boundary Realignment (2) yes* 1826
View Boundary Realignment East Pennsboro Township-Silver Spring Township 1826 Boundary Realignment yes* 1825–1826
View Separation Newville Borough 1828 Separation yes* Jan 16, 1828
View New Borough Mechanicsburg Borough 1828 Creation yes May 16, 1828
View New Borough New Cumberland Borough 1831 Creation yes May 13, 1831
View Separation Shippensburg Borough 1832 Separation yes Apr 3, 1832
View Boundary Realignment Newton Township-Southampton Township 1841 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1840–1841
View Boundary Realignment Frankford Township-West Pennsboro Township to North Middleton Township 1842 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1841–1842
View Boundary Realignment Hopewell Township-Southampton Township 1844 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1844
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough-Shippensburg Township 1844 Annexation yes Mar 2, 1844
View New Township Hampden Township 1845 Creation yes* Jan 23, 1845
View New Township Big Spring Township 1846 Creation yes Mar 7, 1846
View Dissolution Big Spring Township-West Pennsboro Township 1847 Merger yes Mar 3, 1847
View New Township Lower Allen Township-Upper Allen Township 1850 Creation yes* Jan 18, 1850
View Boundary Realignment East Pennsboro Township-Lower Allen Township 1852 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1851–1852
View General Law Carlisle Borough 1852 General Law yes Apr 14, 1852
View General Law Shippensburg Borough 1853 General Law yes Mar 22, 1853
View Annexation Upper Allen Township-Lower Allen Township 1857 Annexation yes* 1857
View General Law Mechanicsburg Borough 1857 General Law yes Aug 24, 1857
View Boundary Realignment Dickinson Township-South Middleton Township 1859 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1859
View New Township Middlesex Township 1859 Creation yes* Nov 14, 1859
View Boundary Realignment North Middleton Township-South Middleton Township 1860 Boundary Realignment yes* 1860
View New Township Penn Township 1860 Creation yes* Oct 23, 1860
View Annexation Mechanicsburg Borough 1861 Annexation yes* 1861
View Annexation Mechanicsburg Borough Reconstructed 1859-1861 Annexation yes? 1859–1861
View Annexation Carlisle Borough to Middlesex Township-North Middleton Township-South Middleton Township 1861 Annexation yes Apr 17, 1861
View New Borough Newburg Borough 1861 Creation yes May 6, 1861
View Annexation Monroe Township-Upper Allen Township 1864 Annexation yes* 1864
View General Law New Cumberland Borough 1866 General Law yes Apr 9, 1866
View Boundary Realignment Middlesex Township-Silver Spring Township 1868 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1868
View General Law Newville Borough 1868 General Law yes Nov 9, 1868
View School District Annexation South Middleton Township-Carlisle Borough 1871 School District Annexation yes* 1870–1871
View School District Annexation Middlesex Township-North Middleton Township 1872 School District Annexation yes* 1871–1872
View School District Annexation Monroe Township-Silver Spring Township 1872 School District Annexation yes* 1871–1872
View School District Annexation South Middleton Township-Dickinson Township 1872 School District Annexation yes* 1872
View New Township Cooke Township 1872 Creation yes* Jun 18, 1872
View New Borough Mount Holly Springs Borough 1873 Creation yes Apr 10, 1873
View Annexation Newburg Borough 1874 Charter Amendment yes* 1874
View Annexation Newville Borough 1874 Ordinance yes* 1874
View New Borough Shiremanstown Borough 1874 Creation yes* Nov 17, 1874
View Charter Amendment Mechanicsburg Borough 1875 Charter Amendment yes* 1874–1875
View New School District Middlesex Township-Monroe Township-Silver Spring Township-South Middleton Township 1875 Independent School District yes* 1874–1875
View School District Annexation Lower Allen Township-Shiremanstown Borough 1876 School District Annexation yes* 1875–1876
View Charter Amendment (Executive) Shiremanstown Borough 1876 Charter Amendment (Burgess) yes Nov 17, 1876
View School District Reversion Carlisle Borough-South Middleton Township 1877 School District Reversion yes* 1877
View Charter Amendment Mount Holly Springs Borough 1877 Charter Amendment yes May 7, 1877
View School District Annexation Frankford Township-North Middleton Township 1879 School District Annexation yes* 1878–1879
View New Borough Camp Hill Borough 1885 Creation yes Nov 10, 1885
View Annexation East Pennsboro Township-Camp Hill Borough 1891 Annexation yes* 1890–1891
View Annexation Mechanicsburg Borough 1891 Annexation yes* 1891
View Annexation North Middleton Township-Carlisle Borough 1891 Annexation yes* 1891
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough 1892 Annexation yes* 1892
View New Township Lower Mifflin Township-Upper Mifflin Township 1892 Creation yes* May 17, 1892
View Annexation Lower Allen Township-New Cumberland Borough 1893 Annexation yes* 1893
View Annexation South Middleton Township-Carlisle Borough 1893 Annexation yes* 1893
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough Ordinance 50 yes* 1895–1896
View Township Classification Pennsylvania 1899 Township Classification yes Apr 28, 1899
View New Borough Lemoyne Borough 1905 Creation yes* May 23, 1905
View Annexation South Middleton Township-Mount Holly Springs Borough Reconstructed 1873-1907 Annexation yes? 1873–1907
View Annexation Camp Hill Borough Ordinance 69 yes* Jan 18, 1908
View New Borough Wormleysburg Borough 1908 Creation yes* May 13, 1908
View New Borough West Fairview Borough 1910 Creation yes* Nov 19, 1910
View Boundary Realignment Shippensburg Township-Southampton Township 1911 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1910–1911
View Annexation Camp Hill Borough Ordinance 90 yes* Feb 17, 1913
View Annexation Newville Borough 1914 Ordinance yes* 1914
View Annexation Camp Hill Borough Ordinance 97 yes* Sep 15, 1914
View General Law Mount Holly Springs Borough 1917 General Law yes* Mar 27, 1917
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough Ordinance 127A yes* Nov 6, 1918
View Annexation Camp Hill Borough Ordinance 107 yes* Jan 2, 1919
View Annexation Camp Hill Borough Ordinance 109.5 yes Nov 6, 1919
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough Ordinance 129A yes* Dec 31, 1919
View Annexation New Cumberland Borough Ordinance 98 yes Jan 7, 1921
View Annexation Lemoyne Borough Ordinance 84 yes Feb 5, 1921
View New Township Lower Frankford Township-Upper Frankford Township 1921 Creation yes Dec 5, 1921
View Annexation East Pennsboro Township-Lower Allen Township 1923 Annexation yes* 1923
View Annexation Camp Hill Borough Ordinance 138 yes* Apr 23, 1924
View Annexation Carlisle Borough 1923 Ordinance yes* Mar 21, 1925
View Annexation Carlisle Borough 1924 Ordinance yes* Mar 24, 1925
View Annexation West Pennsboro Township-Newville Borough Reconstructed 1913-1926 Annexation yes? 1913–1926
View Annexation New Cumberland Borough Ordinance 121 yes* Mar 26, 1927
View Annexation Lemoyne Borough Ordinance of August 1927 yes* Sep 21, 1927
View Annexation Carlisle Borough 1928 Ordinance yes* Feb 22, 1928
View Annexation Wormleysburg Borough Ordinance 75 yes Apr 25, 1928
View New Township North Newton Township-South Newton Township 1929 Creation yes Dec 2, 1929
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough Ordinance 157 yes* Mar 11, 1931
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough Ordinance 168 yes* Feb 8, 1934
View Annexation Lemoyne Borough Ordinance 147 yes* May 16, 1934
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough Ordinance 174 yes* Sep 18, 1935
View School District Dissolution Cooke Township-Penn Township 1938 School District Merger yes* 1938
View Annexation Camp Hill Borough Ordinance 262A yes* Jun 16, 1939
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 75-A yes* Jun 2, 1941
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough Ordinance 204 yes* 1946
View Annexation Camp Hill Borough Ordinance 339 yes* Sep 1, 1948
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough Ordinance 218 yes* Feb 4, 1949
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough Ordinance 222 yes* Jun 21, 1949
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 95-B yes* Jun 29, 1950
View Annexation Shiremanstown Borough Ordinance 68 yes* May 17, 1952
View Boundary Realignment North Middleton Township-South Middleton Township Reconstructed 1950-1953 Boundary Realignment yes? 1950–1953
View First Class Township East Pennsboro Township 1953 1st Class yes Jan 5, 1953
View Annexation New Cumberland Borough Ordinance 150 yes Mar 18, 1953
View Annexation New Cumberland Borough Ordinance 151 yes Mar 18, 1953
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough Ordinance 251 yes* May 19, 1953
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 32-C yes* Jul 13, 1953
View Annexation Mechanicsburg Borough Ordinance 555 yes Jul 27, 1954
View Annexation Camp Hill Borough Ordinance 409 yes* Jul 28, 1954
View Annexation Lemoyne Borough Ordinance 242 yes* Jul 28, 1954
View Annexation Wormleysburg Borough Ordinance 142 yes* Jul 28, 1954
View Annexation Lemoyne Borough Ordinance 258 yes Nov 2, 1954
View First Class Township Lower Allen Township 1955 1st Class yes Jan 3, 1955
View Annexation New Cumberland Borough Ordinance 170 (Drexel Hills) yes May 17, 1955
View Boundary Realignment East Pennsboro Township-Lemoyne Borough-Wormleysville Borough 1956 Boundary Realignment yes Apr 3, 1956
View Annexation Mechanicsburg Borough Ordinance 582 yes Nov 22, 1956
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 98-C yes Jun 24, 1957
View Boundary Realignment East Pennsboro Township-Lower Allen Township 1958 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1957–1958
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 121-C yes May 20, 1958
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 852 yes Nov 14, 1959
View First Class Township Hampden Township 1960 1st Class yes Jan 4, 1960
View Annexation Mechanicsburg Borough Ordinance 640 yes Mar 10, 1961
View Annexation Lower Allen Township Ordinance 115 yes Dec 18, 1961
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 901 yes Jun 26, 1962
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 929 yes Mar 7, 1963
View Annexation Mechanicsburg Borough Ordinance 668 yes Nov 5, 1963
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 955 yes Dec 18, 1964
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 971 yes Jun 24, 1965
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 973 yes Jul 8, 1965
View Annexation Mechanicsburg Borough Ordinance 698 yes Aug 4, 1965
View Annexation Newville Borough Ordinance 6 yes Sep 6, 1966
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 983 yes Nov 8, 1966
View First Class Township Upper Allen Township 1967 1st Class yes Jan 2, 1967
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough Ordinance 370 yes Jan 31, 1967
View Annexation Mechanicsburg Borough Ordinance 723 yes Jun 8, 1967
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 1007 yes Aug 2, 1967
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 1008 yes Aug 3, 1967
View Annexation Monroe Township Ordinance 3, 1966 yes Aug 16, 1967
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 1020 yes Nov 8, 1967
View Annexation Mechanicsburg Borough Ordinance 738 and 745 yes May 29, 1968
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 1041 yes* May 20, 1969
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough Ordinance 386 yes* Aug 28, 1969
View Annexation Upper Allen Township Ordinance 136 yes Nov 14, 1969
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough Ordinance 388 yes* Nov 20, 1969
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 1086 yes* Sep 7, 1971
View Boundary Realignment East Pennsboro Township-Hampden Township 1972 Boundary Ascertainment yes Jun 6, 1972
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 1021 yes Jun 25, 1974
View Annexation Carlisle Borough Ordinance 1022 yes Apr 7, 1976
View Boundary Realignment Hopewell Township-Newburg Borough 1979 Boundary Realignment yes* 1979
View Boundary Realignment Hopewell Township-Upper Mifflin Township 1984 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1984
View Boundary Realignment Hopewell Township-Southampton Township 1993 Boundary Realignment yes* 1993
View Dissolution West Fairview Borough-East Pennsboro Township 1998 Merger yes Jan 1, 1998
View Boundary Realignment Dickinson Township-South Middleton Township 2012 Boundary Ascertainment yes Mar 12, 2012
View Home Rule Carlisle Borough 2016 Home Rule yes Jan 1, 2016

Government Action

Detail Action Date Approved Effective Location
View Allen Assessment 1761
View Election: [For or against the division of Newton Township into two townships] Jun 18, 1929
View Election: "SHALL EAST PENNSBORO TOWNSHIP, A TOWNSHIP OF THE SECOND CLASS, BECOME A TOWNSHIP OF THE FIRST CLASS IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND?" Nov 4, 1952
View Proclamation: [Population of Lower Allen Townships is more than 300 inhabitants per square mile] Aug 3, 1954
View Election: "SHALL LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP, A TOWNSHIP OF THE SECOND CLASS, BECOME A TOWNSHIP OF THE FIRST CLASS IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND?" Nov 2, 1954
View Election: [For or against Hampden Township becoming a township of the first class] Nov 3, 1959
View Election: "Shall Upper Allen Township, a township of the Second Class, become a township of the First Class in and for the County of Cumberland as of January 1, 1967?" Nov 8, 1966
View Charter Commission Election May 15, 1973 Rejected
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for the Borough of Carlisle] May 21, 1991
View Election: [For or against the adoption of a home rule charter for the Borough of Carlisle] Nov 3, 1992 Rejected
View Election: "SHALL THE BOROUGH OF WEST FAIRVIEW BE MERGED INTO THE TOWNSHIP OF EAST PENNSBORO EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1998?" Nov 4, 1997
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for the Borough of Carlisle] May 21, 2013
View Election: "Shall the Home Rule Charter contained in the report, dated November 18, 2014, of the Government Study Commission, prepared in accordance with the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, be adopted by the Borough of Carlisle?" May 19, 2015

Research Log

Detail Type/Notes Log Date Coverage
Criminal Docket bk. 60 (1969)
Criminal Docket bk. 74 (1974–1976)
Equity Docket bk. 2 (1902–1912)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 1992 (1992–1994)
Open Records Request (Classification) May 22, 2015
Open Records Request (Miscellaneous) Feb 7, 2013
Plan Index (Rec.Dd.)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 18–19 (1836–1845)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 20–25 (1846–1886)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 26 (1886–1891)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 27–30 (1890–1909)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 31–35 (1909–1927)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 36–59 (1927–1969)
Quarter Sessions Index bk. 17 (1832–1836)
Quarter Sessions Index bk. 27 (1890–1896)
Road Docket bk. 7–9 (1924–1941)
Road Docket bk. 11–12 (1954–1961)
Road Docket bk. 13–17 (1961–1993)
Road Index bk. 1954 (1954–2015)

National Archives

Detail Source Set Government File Unit From To
View 1940-1950 Cns. Minor Civ. Div. Corr. Cumberland County 17500450 1052 1067
View Cns. Mp. 1940 Cumberland County 5837352 1 1
View Cns. Mp. 1950 Cumberland County 36432923 1 1
View Cns. Mp. 1950 Harrisburg Urbanized 36432925 1 1

Other Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View Boundary Realignment Rye Township-Tyrone Township 1771 Boundary Realignment unknown 1771
View New Township East Pennsboro Township Proposed 1787 Division no* 1787
View Separation Newville Borough Proposed 1827 Separation no 1827–1828
View New Township Newton Township Proposed 1839 Division no+ 1839
View New Township Dickinson Township-South Middleton Township Proposed 1840 New Township no* 1840
View New Township North Middleton Township Proposed 1844 Division no+ 1844
View New Township West Pennsboro Township Proposed 1845 Division no* 1845–1846
View New Township West Pennsboro Township Proposed 1847 Division no* 1847
View Boundary Realignment Adams County-York County to Cumberland County Proposed 1853 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1853–1854
View New Township East Pennsboro Township Proposed 1854 Division no 1854–1855
View New Township Frankford Township Proposed 1868 Division no 1868
View School District Annexation Silver Spring Township-Hampden Township Proposed 1869 School District Annexation unknown 1869–1870
View New Township West Pennsboro Township Proposed 1870 Division no 1870
View New Township Coal Township Proposed 1870 Creation no 1870–1871
View New School District Mifflin Township Proposed 1875 Independent School District no 1875
View New School District North Middleton Township Proposed 1874 Independent School District no* 1874–1875
View New Township Frankford Township Proposed 1875 Division no 1875–1876
View New Township Newton Township Proposed 1875 Division no 1875–1876
View Plat Recording Shiremanstown Borough 1876 Plat Recording unknown 1876
View New Township West Pennsboro Township Proposed 1877 Division no 1877
View New Township South Middleton Township Proposed 1879 Division no 1879
View New Township East Pennsboro Township-Hampden Township-Silver Spring Township Proposed 1886 New Township no 1886
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough Proposed 1890 Annexation no 1890
View New School District Middlesex Township-Silver Spring Township-South Middleton Township 1892 Independent School District no* 1891–1892
View New Township Southampton Township Proposed 1894 Division no* 1894–1895
View New Borough Riverton Borough Proposed 1896 Creation (1) no 1896
View New Borough Riverton Borough Proposed 1896 Creation (2) no 1896
View Annexation New Cumberland Borough-Lower Allen Township Proposed 1897 Annexation no* 1897
View New Borough Riverton Borough Proposed 1897 Creation no 1897
View New Township Newton Township Proposed 1901 Division no 1901
View New Borough Riverton Borough Proposed 1902 Creation no 1902
View Annexation New Cumberland Borough Ordinance 69 no* 1907
View Annexation New Cumberland Borough Ordinance 76 no* 1910
View Annexation East Pennsboro Township-Camp Hill Borough Proposed 1917 Annexation no* 1917
View New Township Lower Frankford Township-Upper Frankford Township Proposed 1919 Division no 1919
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough Ordinance 130A no 1919–1920
View Annexation Shippensburg Borough Ordinance 135A unknown 1920
View Annexation New Cumberland Borough 1921 Ordinance (1) no* 1921
View Annexation New Cumberland Borough 1921 Ordinance (2) no* 1921–1926
View Annexation Lemoyne Borough Ordinance of April 1927 no* 1927
View Annexation Franklin County-Cumberland County Proposed 1953 Annexation no 1953–1955
View Annexation New Cumberland Borough Ordinance 170 (Fox) unknown 1954–1955
View School District Dissolution Carlisle Borough-Dickinson Township-Mount Holly Springs Borough-North Middleton Township Proposed 1960 Union School District unknown 1960
View Annexation Lower Allen Township Ordinance 66-12 no* 1966
View Annexation Lower Allen Township Ordinance 66-13 no* 1966
View Boundary Realignment Monroe Township 1960s Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1966
View Home Rule Lower Mifflin Township Proposed 1973 Home Rule no* 1973
View Annexation Upper Allen Township Ordinance 190 no 1973–1976
View Boundary Realignment Lower Allen Township-Upper Allen Township 1978 Boundary Realignment unknown 1966–1978
View Home Rule Carlisle Borough Proposed 1991 Home Rule no 1991–1992
View New Borough Ashcombe Borough Proposed 1992 Creation no 1992–1994
View Boundary Realignment Hopewell Township-Upper Mifflin Township Proposed 1998 Boundary Realignment unknown 1998