Mercersburg
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borough in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Franklin
- Named after
- Hugh Mercer
- Type
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Michael Pederson
- Total
- 0.90 sq mi (2.34 km )
- Land
- 0.90 sq mi (2.34 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 548 ft (167 m)
- Density
- 1,670.9/sq mi (645.12/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 42-48704
- Website
- borough .mercersburg .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- borough of Pennsylvania
- Official name
- Mercersburg
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Franklin County
- Population
- 1507
- Area
- 2.336044
- Elevation
- 558
- Official website
- www.mercersburg.org/borough
- Image
- Mercersburg Borough Hall, FrankCo PA.JPG
- Households
- 776
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- Commons category
- Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
- postal code
- 17236
- inception
- 1780-01-01
- water area
- 0
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 31636
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Encyclopedic overview
Mercersburg Academy Chapel Mercersburg is a borough in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough is 72 miles (116 km) southwest of Harrisburg, the state capital. As of the 2020 census, Mercersburg had a population of 1,507.
Due to its location in a rural area, it had a relatively large percentage of African-American workers who had been enslaved from the Revolution. It was called "Black Town" in the early 19th century before incorporation under its current name. Refugee African Americans escaping from slavery in the South also settled here, and the area was known as "Little Africa".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mercersburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.