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Carlisle Barracks CDP is a census-designated place (CDP) covering the residential population of the Carlisle Barracks in North Middleton Township, [10] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 938.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 76) crosses the township between the creek and Carlisle, with the closest access being in Middlesex Township to the east. Half of the Carlisle Fairgrounds [citation needed] and much of the Carlisle Barracks, containing the U.S. Army War College, are located in the township adjacent to Carlisle borough. [3]
The borough of Carlisle, the county seat, is approximately 4 miles (6 km) southwest of the highway crossing area via US 11, and Harrisburg, the state capital, is about 16 miles (26 km) to the east. The Appalachian Trail crosses the northern half of the Cumberland Valley following a route near the eastern border of Middlesex Township.
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 is also noted as it was the first college or university chartered after the United States was founded.
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Carlisle was also the location of the Carlisle Army Barracks, which was converted in the late 1870s for use as the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. In 1879, Dickinson College and the nearby Carlisle Indian School began a collaboration, when James Andrew McCauley, president of the college, led the first worship service at the Indian School ...
Tradition says that Hessian prisoners of war, who were captured during the Battle of Trenton were sent to Carlisle, and used to build this guard house, which was originally a magazine. It may have first been used as a guardhouse during the 1870s, and also as part of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879–1918).
In 1838, a Cavalry School of Practice was established at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, which in time also became the Army's recruiting center for new mounted recruits. Commanded by Edwin Vose Sumner, the program was started from scratch.