Chambersburg Pennsylvania's settlement began in 1730 when water mills were built at Conococheague Creek and Falling Spring Creek.
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14 Facts About Chambersburg Pennsylvania
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Chambersburg Pennsylvania was still considered frontier during the French and Indian War.
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Chambersburg Pennsylvania developed as a trading and transportation hub at the crossroads of Forbes Road and the Great Wagon Road.
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One black Chambersburg Pennsylvania resident was burned to death when Confederates set his house on fire and then refused to allow him to leave, trapping him in the flames.
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McCausland's troops in Chambersburg Pennsylvania, he refused to participate in a similar burning at Cumberland and Hancock, Maryland not far to the south, so both those towns survived despite likewise not paying ransoms.
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Since people from Chambersburg Pennsylvania had relatives on both sides during the war, and the war devastated the town, the town event became a part of the town's identity.
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Chambersburg Pennsylvania has recently been the subject of study on how people have historically perceived and responded to war tragedies.
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Chambersburg Pennsylvania is located in the Cumberland Valley next to the Appalachian Mountains.
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Chambersburg Pennsylvania has a cold climate, according to the United States Department of Energy.
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Chambersburg Pennsylvania falls within the warmest part of the Humid Continental Climate with some characteristics in the summer of a Humid Subtropical Climate, but bears much more characteristics of the former.
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Manufacturing in Chambersburg Pennsylvania includes machinery production, metal fabrication, and food processing according to the 1997 Economic Census of Franklin County.
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Chambersburg is part of the 13th Congressional District of Pennsylvania and represented by John Joyce in the House of Representatives, and by Pat Toomey, and Bob Casey Jr.
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Chambersburg Pennsylvania established 70 'Soldier's Orphan Schools' across the state.
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