Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
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Camp Hill is a borough in Cumberland County
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is one of three counties comprising the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 235,406.-History:...

, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

, 2 miles (3.5 km) southwest of Harrisburg
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 49,528, making it the ninth largest city in Pennsylvania...

. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Carlisle is a borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The name is traditionally pronounced with emphasis on the second syllable. Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley, a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2010 census, the borough...

 Metropolitan Statistical Area
Harrisburg metropolitan area
The Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area , as defined the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Valley, anchored by the cities of Harrisburg and Carlisle...

. The population was 7,636 at the 2000
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 census. There are many large corporations based in nearby East Pennsboro Township
East Pennsboro Township, Pennsylvania
East Pennsboro Township is a township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,254 at the 2000 census. In 1990 the township had a population of 16,588. East Pennsboro is the second largest municipality in Cumberland County. The township is located along the...

 and Wormleysburg that use the Camp Hill postal address, including the Rite Aid Corporation
Rite Aid
Rite Aid is a drugstore chain in the United States and a Fortune 500 company headquartered in East Pennsboro Township, Pennsylvania, near Camp Hill. Rite Aid is the largest drugstore chain on the East Coast and the third largest drugstore chain in the U.S....

, Harsco Corporation
Harsco Corporation
Harsco Corporation is a diversified, worldwide industrial company based in the United States. Harsco operates in 54 countries and employs approximately 19,000 people worldwide. The company provides industrial services and engineered products that serve some of the world’s largest and most...

, and Gannett Fleming Inc.
Gannett Fleming Inc.
Gannett Fleming, Inc., is an American-based engineering firm specializing in international planning, design, and construction management. The company has been providing quality, full-service, multidisciplinary engineering services and technical innovation, first in the U.S. with its founding on...

.

Geography

Camp Hill is located at 40°14′28"N 76°55′34"W (40.241089, -76.926202).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the borough has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km²),

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 7,636 people, 3,387 households, and 2,157 families residing in the borough. The population density
Population density
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 was 3,552.0 people per square mile (1,371.3/km²). There were 3,529 housing units at an average density of 1,641.5 per square mile (633.7/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 96.08% White, 0.35% African American, 0.16% Native American, 2.25% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.25% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 0.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.09% of the population.

There were 3,387 households out of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.5% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.3% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the borough the population was spread out with 21.3% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 22.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 88.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.5 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $50,774, and the median income for a family was $61,578. Males had a median income of $48,625 versus $32,357 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the borough was $28,256. About 3.6% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.5% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.

History

The name Camp Hill is believed to stem from a split in the congregation of a Peace Church, located west of the current borough. One faction of the church began meeting outdoors, on a hill. Prior to the American Civil War
American Civil War
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, the area was known locally as White Hill, which served as a stop along the Cumberland Valley Railroad
Cumberland Valley Railroad
The Cumberland Valley Railroad was an early railroad in Pennsylvania, USA, originally chartered in 1831 to connect with Pennsylvania’s Main Line of Public Works...

 between Harrisburg
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 49,528, making it the ninth largest city in Pennsylvania...

 and Carlisle
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Carlisle is a borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The name is traditionally pronounced with emphasis on the second syllable. Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley, a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2010 census, the borough...

. During the Civil War, the Battle of Sporting Hill became the northernmost engagement of the Gettysburg campaign
Gettysburg Campaign
The Gettysburg Campaign was a series of battles fought in June and July 1863, during the American Civil War. After his victory in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia moved north for offensive operations in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The...

, which took place at Camp Hill in late June 1863. Camp Hill was incorporated as a borough on November 10, 1885 from East Pennsboro Township
East Pennsboro Township, Pennsylvania
East Pennsboro Township is a township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,254 at the 2000 census. In 1990 the township had a population of 16,588. East Pennsboro is the second largest municipality in Cumberland County. The township is located along the...

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Healthcare

Holy Spirit Hospital
Holy Spirit Hospital
Holy Spirit Hospital is a 326-bed non-profit Catholic community hospital located in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and serves as the primary facility for its related health system...

, a 326-bed non-profit Catholic community hospital
Hospital
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 is located in Camp Hill and serves as the primary facility for its related health system. The hospital was founded in 1963 and is sponsored by the Sisters of Christian Charity
Sisters of Christian Charity
Sisters of Christian Charity, , officially called Sisters of Christian Charity, Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception, is a Roman Catholic papal congregation of consecrated religious sisters founded in Paderborn, Germany in 1849 by Blessed Pauline von Mallinckrodt for...

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Education

The borough of Camp Hill is served by the Camp Hill School District
Camp Hill School District
The Camp Hill School District, is a diminutive, suburban public school district serving the Borough of Camp Hill in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. At just two square miles, Camp Hill is the smallest school district in the county and it is one of the smallest in the Commonwealth of state...

. The school district provides education beginning with half-day kindergarten through twelfth grade. Camp Hill High School
Camp Hill High School
Camp Hill High School is a coeducational public high school located in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Camp Hill School District and is the smallest public high school in Cumberland County. It is located approximately ten minutes from the city of Harrisburg. It was founded in 1907 and...

 serves students from the borough school district. Three other high schools are located in the surrounding community. Cedar Cliff High School
Cedar Cliff High School
Cedar Cliff High School is a coeducational public high school located in Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and is one of two high schools in the West Shore School District. It was formed in 1960 with the merger of West Shore High School and New Cumberland High School. The Cedar Cliff...

, part of the West Shore School District
West Shore School District
West Shore School District, is a suburban, public school district with its main office located in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania.The Superintendent is Jemry Small. This district serves students in eastern Cumberland County and northern York County...

, is located in nearby Lower Allen Township
Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania
Lower Allen Township is a township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 17,437 at the 2000 census.The township has the headquarters of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and State Correctional Institution - Camp Hill....

 and uses a Camp Hill postal address. Trinity High School
Trinity High School (Camp Hill, Pennsylvania)
Trinity High School is a private, coeducational Roman Catholic high school of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, located in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, west of Harrisburg. The school has 55 faculty members and an enrollment of about 640 students in grades 9 through 12. The school was twice...

 is a parish-driven Catholic high school administered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg
Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg covers 15 counties of South Central Pennsylvania: Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, Union and York. The seat of the bishop is in St...

. Within the Camp Hill postal address are also students from the Cumberland Valley School District
Cumberland Valley School District
The Cumberland Valley School District is a large, suburban public school district located in Central Pennsylvania. It covers Hampden Township, Monroe Township, Middlesex Township and Silver Spring Township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It serves about 7,700 students and features three...

, with Cumberland Valley High School
Cumberland Valley High School
Cumberland Valley High School is a coeducational public high school located within Cumberland Valley School District in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The school was founded in 1954. The mascot is an eagle....

 located in nearby Silver Spring Township
Silver Spring Township, Pennsylvania
Silver Spring Township is a township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,592 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

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Notable people

  • Charlie Adams, former professional football player
  • Kyle Brady
    Kyle Brady
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    , professional football player for the New England Patriots
    New England Patriots
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  • Coy Wire
    Coy Wire
    Coy Michael Wire is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Stanford.-Atlanta Falcons:...

    , professional football player for the Atlanta Falcons
    Atlanta Falcons
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  • William Daniel Phillips
    William Daniel Phillips
    William Daniel Phillips is an American physicist and shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1997 with Steven Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji. He is of Italian and Welsh descent.-Biography:...

    , winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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