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Welcome to the Shippensburg Home page. The Shippensburg Home page provides as much information as possible on Shippensburg. Knowing Shippensburg’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Shippensburg’s Home page, you will also find Shippensburg’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Shippensburg has a population of 5621. 48.4% of Shippensburg’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.6 are female. 32.7% of Shippensburg is married and 34.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $133,359, and the average rent is $784. Household median income in Shippensburg is $36,958, and the individual median income is $25,398. Shippensburg’s Ethnic is the following: White(86.6%), Hispanic(9.3%), Black(5%), Other(4.1%), Multiple(2.2%), Asian(2.1%).
Shippensburg is a borough in Cumberland and Franklin counties in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Settled in 1730, Shippensburg lies in the Cumberland Valley, 41 miles (66 km) southwest of Harrisburg, and is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,492 at the 2010 census.
Of this, 4,416 were in Cumberland County, and 1,076 were in Franklin County. Shippensburg was incorporated as a borough on January 21, 1819. In the past, there were furniture factories, engine and pump works, and other industrial works located within the town. Shippensburg is the home of the Beistle Company, the oldest manufacturer of decorations and party goods in the U.S.
In May 2012, Volvo Construction Equipment began a $100 million expansion project to bring its American headquarters to Shippensburg.Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, one of 14 universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, is located just north of the borough limits in Shippensburg Township.
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