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Cumberland County
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county in Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Founded
- January 27, 1750
- Named after
- Cumberland , England
- Seat
- Carlisle
- Largest borough
- Carlisle
- Total
- 550 sq mi (1,400 km )
- Land
- 545 sq mi (1,410 km )
- Water
- 4.8 sq mi (12 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 277,270
- Density
- 476/sq mi (184/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 10th , 13th
- Website
- www .cumberlandcountypa .gov
- Designated
- May 17, 1982
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Cumberland
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Pennsylvania
- Capital
- Carlisle
- Population
- 259469
- Area
- 1427
- Shares border with
- Franklin County
- Official website
- www.ccpa.net
- Image
- Carlisle, Pennsylvania (5656229890).jpg
- Households
- 101176
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- Commons category
- Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
- topic's main category
- Category:Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1750-01-27
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
- different from
- Cumberland County
- water as percent of area
- 0.9
- native label
- Cumberland County
- per capita income
- 38153
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Encyclopedic overview
Cumberland County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 259,469. Its county seat is Carlisle. Cumberland County is included in the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area. The county is part of the South Central region of the commonwealth.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cumberland County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.