Linglestown

History

In 1765, Thomas Lingle purchased a parcel of land in what was then Paxton Township, so as to develop a 90-plot living, working, and studying community for newly arriving European settlers. He called his new settlement "The Town of St. Thomas", after the Christian apostle, his namesake. The sheepskin document on which Lingle drew the plan for his village still exists, showing in great detail the village's name, each of the plots, their plot numbers, and all street and alley names. The county deed recorder's seal and record information are visible on the bottom left corner of the document. In 1811, Lingle died and was buried in the Wenrich's Church cemetery (now St. Thomas United Church of Christ), at the east end of the village. Soon thereafter, village and area residents began calling his village "Lingle's town", and the name soon took on its current form. As a busy crossroads community located at the base of the mountain, the village soon became the area center for commerce, civic, religious, and educational activities, much of which still exists today. St. Thomas UCC is the village's oldest denomination. The Church of God denomination had its world beginning and first structure and cemetery in Linglestown. Since 1996, the village has been considering making improvements to the village square. At the center of the square is a flag pole located in the middle of the road. The initial plan was to move the flag pole and insert a traffic light. After long debate, that idea was shot down. It was replaced by the "Linglestown Plan", proposed on March 31, 2000. Nearly seven years later, on February 20, 2007, Lower Paxton Township approved a modified version of the Linglestown Action Plan, which involves the addition of roundabouts, other approaches to slowing…

Geography

Linglestown is located in northern Lower Paxton Township at (40.336888, -76.790764). It is bordered to the south by the community of Paxtonia, with the border between them formed by Interstate 81 and with access from Exit 72 (Mountain Road). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land (except a few streams and ponds). The highest elevation is on the south slope of Blue Mountain, along Blue Mountain Parkway north of the center of town. Pennsylvania Route 39 (Linglestown Road) passes east-to-west through the village, leading east to Exit 77 on Interstate 81 and west to Highway 22-322 at the north end of Harrisburg.

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Largest nearby schools

• Commonwealth Charter Academy CS
  Other · Harrisburg · 20,355 students · 17.4:1 ratio
• Reach Cyber CS
  Other · Harrisburg · 6,918 students · 14.3:1 ratio
• Central Dauphin SHS
  High · Harrisburg · 1,975 students · 16.2:1 ratio
• Central Dauphin East SHS
  High · Harrisburg · 1,590 students · 15.9:1 ratio
• Harrisburg HS
  High · Harrisburg · 1,230 students · 16.2:1 ratio
• Dauphin County Technical School
  High · Harrisburg · 1,125 students · 14.1:1 ratio
• Hershey HS
  High · Hershey · 1,093 students · 13.5:1 ratio
• Lower Dauphin HS
  High · Hummelstown · 1,085 students · 13.1:1 ratio