Carlisle
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borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Vinony's link graph records 1,480 inbound references to Carlisle, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Pennsylvania and United States Constitution.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Cumberland
- Named after
- Carlisle , England
- Type
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Sean Shultz ( D )
- Deputy mayor
- Safronia Perry ( D )
- Total
- 5.43 sq mi (14.07 km )
- Land
- 5.42 sq mi (14.05 km )
- Water
- 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km )
- Elevation
- 479 ft (146 m)
- Density
- 3,709.4/sq mi (1,432.19/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 17013, 17015
- Area codes
- 717 and 223
- Fips code
- 42-11272
- Website
- www .carlislepa .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Carlisle
- Population
- 20118
- Area
- 14.349122
- Elevation
- 146
- Official website
- www.carlislepa.org
- Image
- Carlisle, Pennsylvania.jpg
- Households
- 7665
- Dialing code
- 717
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- Commons category
- Carlisle, Pennsylvania
- postal code
- 17015
- inception
- 1751-00-00
- water area
- 0.020046
- water as percent of area
- 0.1397
- per capita income
- 31240
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Encyclopedic overview
Carlisle is a borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley, a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 20,118; including suburbs in the neighboring townships, 37,695 live in the Carlisle urban cluster. Carlisle is the smaller principal city of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area, which includes Cumberland and Dauphin and Perry counties in South Central Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Army War College, located at Carlisle Barracks, prepares high-level military personnel and civilians for strategic leadership responsibilities. The Carlisle Barracks ranks among the oldest U.S. Army installations and the most senior military educational institution in the United States Army. Carlisle Barracks is home of the United States Army Heritage and Education Center, an archives and museum complex open to the public. Carlisle is also home to Penn State Dickinson School of Law and Dickinson College. Dickinson College was the first college or university chartered after the United States was founded.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carlisle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.