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Halifax is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. Halifax was incorporated as a borough on May 29, 1785. It is situated at the confluence of Armstrong Creek and the Susquehanna River. The population was 795 at the 2020 census. [3] It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 31.8 square miles (82.3 km 2), of which 27.6 square miles (71.6 km 2) is land and 4.1 square miles (10.7 km 2), or 12.99%, is water. [5] Most of the surface water in the township is part of the Susquehanna River, which averages 1 mile (1.6 km) wide in this area.
The Halifax Area School District is a small, suburban, public school district located in Halifax, Pennsylvania in Dauphin County. The district served 1,143 students in preschool to grade 12 in 2012. [1] Halifax Area School District encompasses approximately 83 square miles (210 km 2).
An 1836 map of Pennsylvania's counties The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, used by the U.S. government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. FIPS codes are five-digit numbers; for Pennsylvania the codes start with 42 and are completed with the three-digit county code.
PA 225 leads north over Peters Mountain 9 miles (14 km) to Halifax. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the borough has a total area of 0.42 square miles (1.1 km 2 ), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km 2 ), or 1.16%, is water.
The U.S. state of Pennsylvania is divided into 1,546 townships, located in 66 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties. For listings of townships in individual counties, see the category Townships in Pennsylvania by county
Williamstown is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough is 38 miles (61 km) northeast of Harrisburg. Formerly, anthracite coal mines and hosiery mills were located in the borough. The population was 1,303 at the 2020 census. [3] Williamstown is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Matamoras is an unincorporated community in Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, located in the Harrisburg-Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. [1] Matamoras was named after the Mexican city of Matamoros, the scene of a battle in the Mexican–American War. [2]