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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 U.S. Army Military History Institute pre-dates the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center by over 30 years. Formed in 1967 as the Military History Research Collection, a branch of the U.S. Army War College Library, the institute became the primary repository for unofficial Army historical materials.
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.
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).
W. High St. between Pitt & Hanover Sts., Carlisle: City American Revolution, Military Carlisle Indian Industrial School: August 31, 2003: North side of Claremont Road, 50 feet East of the Carlisle Barracks entrance
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]
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Carlisle is also home to Dickinson College, established in 1773, and the Penn State Dickinson School of Law. The United States Army War College is a United States Army school located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on the 500 acres (2.0 km 2) campus of the historic Carlisle Barracks, a military post dating back to the 1770s. It caters to high-level ...