15 Facts About Chambersburg

Chambersburg is a borough in and the county seat of Franklin County, in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States.

Chambersburg Borough is organized under the Pennsylvania Borough Code and is not a home-rule municipality.

Chambersburg's settlement began in 1730 when water mills were built at Conococheague Creek and Falling Spring Creek.

Chambersburg was still considered frontier during the French and Indian War.

Chambersburg 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 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.

McCausland's troops in Chambersburg, 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.

Chambersburg proceeded to Mexico, and from there, sailed to Cuba and Canada.

Since people from Chambersburg 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.

Chambersburg has recently been the subject of study on how people have historically perceived and responded to war tragedies.

Chambersburg is located in the Cumberland Valley next to the Appalachian Mountains.

Chambersburg has a cold climate, according to the United States Department of Energy.

Chambersburg 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.

Manufacturing in Chambersburg includes machinery production, metal fabrication, and food processing according to the 1997 Economic Census of Franklin County.

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.