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Originally known as Derry Station, the borough was created in 1852 to serve the Pennsylvania Railroad.It was named after the village on PA Route 982 originally known as Derry and now known as New Derry (even though it is older than the community being discussed here). [5]
Derry Township is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It surrounds the borough of Derry, which is a separate municipality. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 13,631. [2] It was named after the city of Derry by Scots-Irish settlers. [citation needed]
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The county is part of the Southwest Pennsylvania region of the state. [a] Formed from, successively, Lancaster, Northumberland, and later Bedford counties, Westmoreland County was founded on February 26, 1773, and was the first county in the colony of Pennsylvania whose entire territorial boundary was located west of the Allegheny Mountains.
Derry Township is a township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 24,796 at the 2020 census , [ 3 ] an increase over the figure of 24,679 tabulated in 2010. Hershey , the site of the well-known Hershey's chocolate factory and its affiliated amusement park , is located within the township.
Power lines in Derry Township According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 16.4 square miles (42 km 2 ), 16.1 square miles (42 km 2 ) of which is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km 2 ) (1.47%) of which is water.
Derry Township may be any of these places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, contains the community of Hershey, which is home to The Hershey Company; Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania; Derry Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania; Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Keystone State Park is a 1,200-acre (486 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Located off U.S. Route 22 near New Alexandria, the park opened in 1945. Its main attraction is the man-made 78-acre (32 ha) Keystone Lake.