Hershey (disambiguation)
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"Hershey" can refer to a number of things, typically a number of locations and companies in the United States
. Hershey may also refer to the last name of a number of individuals, notably Milton S. Hershey
, founder of the Hershey Company
, a major chocolate manufacturer in the United States.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Hershey may also refer to the last name of a number of individuals, notably Milton S. Hershey
Milton S. Hershey
Milton Snavely Hershey was an American confectioner, philanthropist, and founder of The Hershey Chocolate Company and the "company town" of Hershey, Pennsylvania....
, founder of the Hershey Company
The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company, known until April 2005 as the Hershey Foods Corporation and commonly called Hershey's, is the largest chocolate manufacturer in North America. Its headquarters are in Hershey, Pennsylvania, which is also home to Hershey's Chocolate World. It was founded by Milton S...
, a major chocolate manufacturer in the United States.
Locations
- Hershey, CaliforniaHershey, CaliforniaHershey is an unincorporated community in Colusa and Yolo counties in the U.S. state of California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad north-northwest of Dunnigan, at an elevation of 141 feet . It is named after Yolo County's first assemblyman, David N. Hershey....
- Hershey, NebraskaHershey, NebraskaHershey is a village in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the North Platte, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 572 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
- Hershey, PennsylvaniaHershey, PennsylvaniaHershey is a census-designated place in Derry Township, Dauphin County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The community is located 14 miles east of Harrisburg and is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hershey has no legal status as an incorporated municipality...
, home to the chocolate company- Hershey's Chocolate WorldHershey's Chocolate WorldHershey’s Chocolate World is the name of Hershey’s visitor center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States. Open year-round, Hershey's Chocolate World offers marketplace shops and restaurants, specializing in Hershey's chocolate products...
, The Hershey Company's visitor's center, in Hershey, PA - HersheyparkHersheyparkHersheypark is an amusement park located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, near the Hershey Chocolate Factory.Hersheypark was opened on April 24, 1907 as a leisure park for the employees of the Hershey Chocolate Company, an American confectionery company. Later, the company decided to open the park to the...
, an amusement park in Hershey, PA, adjacent to Chocolate World
- Hershey's Chocolate World
Companies and organizations
- The Hershey CompanyThe Hershey CompanyThe Hershey Company, known until April 2005 as the Hershey Foods Corporation and commonly called Hershey's, is the largest chocolate manufacturer in North America. Its headquarters are in Hershey, Pennsylvania, which is also home to Hershey's Chocolate World. It was founded by Milton S...
, the largest chocolate manufacturer in North America, headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania- Hershey barHershey barThe Hershey's chocolate bar is a flagship chocolate bar described as "The Great American Chocolate Bar" manufactured by the Hershey Company, invented by Logan Hall and Zach Phillips. Hershey Milk Chocolate and Milk Chocolate with almonds and peanuts were both introduced in 1894...
, their most iconic product
- Hershey bar
- Hershey Creamery CompanyHershey Creamery CompanyHershey Creamery Company, also known as Hershey's Ice Cream, is a creamery that produces Hershey's brand ice cream, sorbet, sherbet, and frozen yogurt, and other frozen treats such as smoothies and frozen slab style ice cream mixers...
, an unrelated Pennsylvania-based ice cream manufacturer - Hershey Development, slot machine manufacturer, and parent company of Jennings & Co.
- Hershey Trust CompanyHershey Trust CompanyHershey Trust Company was created in 1905, as Milton S. Hershey was organized to create the Milton Hershey School. In 1909, when he founded the school, Hershey appointed the Trust as administrator of the school trust...
, Milton Hershey's trust- Hershey Entertainment and Resorts CompanyHershey Entertainment and Resorts CompanyHershey Entertainment and Resorts , also known as "HERCO", is a privately owned company of the Hershey Trust Company.- History :The company was originally founded by Milton S...
, a subsidiary that runs the parks in Hershey, Pennsylvania
- Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company
People
- Alfred HersheyAlfred HersheyAlfred Day Hershey was an American Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist and geneticist.He was born in Owosso, Michigan and received his B.S. in chemistry at Michigan State University in 1930 and his Ph.D. in bacteriology in 1934, taking a position shortly thereafter at the Department of Bacteriology...
, American Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist and geneticist - Amos Shartle HersheyAmos Shartle HersheyAmos Shartle Hershey was an American professor of political science, born at Hockersville, Pa. He was educated at Harvard College and Law School , and studied also at the University of Heidelberg and at Paris...
, (1867 - 1933), an American professor of political science - Barbara HersheyBarbara HersheyBarbara Hershey , also known as Barbara Seagull, is an American actress. In a career spanning nearly 50 years, she has played a variety of roles on television and in cinema, in several genres including westerns and comedies...
, an American actress - Frank HersheyFrank HersheyFrank Hershey was an American automobile designer and student of General Motors Vice President of Design Harley Earl. Hershey is best known for his 1932 Peerless V-16 prototype, 1949 Cadillac tailfins and the 1955 Ford Thunderbird....
, (1907 – 1997) an American automobile designer - Hershey FelderHershey FelderHershey Felder is a Canadian pianist, actor, playwright, composer, and producer. He created the role of American composer George Gershwin for the theatrical stage in the stage play George Gershwin Alone...
, (1968 - present), a pianist, actor, playwright, composer and producer - Lewis Blaine HersheyLewis Blaine HersheyLewis Blaine Hershey was a United States Army four-star general who served as the second Director of the Selective Service System, the means by which the United States administers its military conscription.-Early life:...
, (1893 - 1977) an American four-star general who was the director of the U.S. Selective Service System from 1941 - 1970 - Milton S. HersheyMilton S. HersheyMilton Snavely Hershey was an American confectioner, philanthropist, and founder of The Hershey Chocolate Company and the "company town" of Hershey, Pennsylvania....
, (1857 - 1945) American founder of The Hershey Company - Judge HersheyJudge HersheyJudge Barbara Hershey is a fictional character in the Judge Dredd series that appears in British comic 2000 AD. For nearly two decades she regularly appeared as Dredd's sidekick, before being promoted to become his superior: she was chief judge for nine years...
, a character in Judge Dredd
See also
- Hershey's (disambiguation)
- Hershey RidgeHershey RidgeHershey Ridge is a low, ice-covered ridge trending in a NW-SE direction for about 30 miles between McKinley Peak and the Haines Mountains, in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered in 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, and named for Garland Hershey, Asst...
- Hershey RunHershey RunHershey Run is a stream located in New Castle County, Delaware. It is a tributary of White Clay Creek.It rises on the edge of the Belvedere subdivision on the outskirts of Newport, Delaware and flows southward along the western edge of that town. To the west of the run lies Bread and Cheese...