Colonial Park

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Colonial Park

Total population

18,032

Median home value

$231,100

24.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$73,105

Colonial Park$73k

National$74k

Elevation500 m

Land area12.32 km²

Weather57°F · Chance Light Rain

Coordinates40.30°, -76.81°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Colonial Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,229 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Harrisburg metropolitan area. It uses the Harrisburg ZIP code of 17109 and hosts a great deal of the area's retail activity, including the Colonial Park Mall.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Colonial Park, PA from NOAA NWS API.

Nearby places in Pennsylvania

• Hummelstown
  5.5 mi away · pop. 4,527
• Marysville
  7.1 mi away
• Dauphin
  8.1 mi away · pop. 1,075
• Messiah College
  13.4 mi away
• Bainbridge
  16.5 mi away
• Elizabethville
  17.2 mi away
• Cleona
  17.6 mi away · pop. 1,882
• Lenkerville
  18 mi away · pop. 775
• Millersburg
  18.6 mi away
• Lykens
  19.2 mi away · pop. 1,878
• Boiling Springs
  20 mi away
• Carlisle Barracks
  20.2 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Colonial Park

William Parks

A. Franklin Parks · 2012

A portfolio of seven lithographs of the colonial mansions in Fairmount park

White, Theophilus Ballou · 1933

Mount Pleasant, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, built by John Macpherson, 1761

Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art · 1927

The colonial physician & other essays

Whitfield J. Bell · 1975

Historic Tales of the Pennsylvania Wilds

Kathy Myers · 2021

The Naomi Wood Collection

John P. B. Sinkler · 1950

Railroad accident report

United States. National Transportation Safety Board. · 1975

Memorial of Enoch Brown and eleven scholars who were massacred in Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pa. by the Indians during the Pontiac War, July 26, 1764, containing addresses of George W. Ziegler, Cyrus Cort, Peter A. Witmer... at the dedication of the Enoch Brown Park and monuments... August 4, 1885...

Cyrus Cort · 1886

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Recently spotted species

Cooper's Hawk

Astur cooperii

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common mugwort

Artemisia vulgaris

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Small White

Pieris rapae

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Mexican Bean Beetle

Epilachna varivestis

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House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

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Locust Borer

Megacyllene robiniae

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common pawpaw

Asimina triloba

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Red-spotted Admiral

Limenitis arthemis

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broadleaf arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia

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Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).