Silver Spring Township (Township of Silver Spring)
Silver Spring Township is a township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,657 at the 2010 census, up from 10,592 at the 2000 census.
The township is in northeastern Cumberland County and is bordered to the north by Perry County, the border following the ridgecrest of Blue Mountain. The southeastern corner of the township borders the borough of Mechanicsburg.
Conodoguinet Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River, crosses the center of the township from west to east, making several long bends. Interstate 81 also crosses the center of the township, with access from Exit 57, Pennsylvania Route 114. U.S. Route 11 crosses the township south of I-81, passing through the two main unincorporated communities in the township, Hogestown and New Kingstown. The Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 76) crosses the southwest corner of the township but without any direct access.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 85.0 sqkm, of which 83.7 sqkm is land and 1.3 sqkm, or 1.55%, is water.
Unincorporated communities in Silver Spring Township:
* Dillsburg Junction
* Hogestown
* Locust Point
* New Kingstown, a census-designated place
* Roxbury
The township is in northeastern Cumberland County and is bordered to the north by Perry County, the border following the ridgecrest of Blue Mountain. The southeastern corner of the township borders the borough of Mechanicsburg.
Conodoguinet Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River, crosses the center of the township from west to east, making several long bends. Interstate 81 also crosses the center of the township, with access from Exit 57, Pennsylvania Route 114. U.S. Route 11 crosses the township south of I-81, passing through the two main unincorporated communities in the township, Hogestown and New Kingstown. The Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 76) crosses the southwest corner of the township but without any direct access.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 85.0 sqkm, of which 83.7 sqkm is land and 1.3 sqkm, or 1.55%, is water.
Unincorporated communities in Silver Spring Township:
* Dillsburg Junction
* Hogestown
* Locust Point
* New Kingstown, a census-designated place
* Roxbury
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