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Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

4newspaper titles

1digitized titles

36historic places

1814earliest paper

1750formed

259,469pop. 2020

126cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 4 newspaper titles published in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with the earliest starting in 1814. 1 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 36 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Mechanicsburg, Shippensburg, Carlisle.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Cumberland

Library of Congress

4 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
American Volunteer	Carlisle	1814–1909
American Democrat	Carlisle	1847–1869
American Volunteer	Carlisle	1903–1905
The Arrow Digitized	Carlisle	1904–?

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18101864191819722026

Sample front pages

Chronicling America

No digitized front pages for Cumberland are currently available in Chronicling America. Title listings above still come from the U.S. Newspaper Directory. Browse Chronicling America.

Courtesy Library of Congress, Chronicling America.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

21 of 36 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

36 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Black, William, Homestead	New Cumberland	Building	1977
Blythe, Benjamin, Homestead	Shippensburg	Building	1977
Boiling Springs Historic District	Boiling Springs	District	1984
Carlisle Armory	Carlisle	Building	1989
Carlisle Historic District	Carlisle	District	1979
Carlisle Indian School NHL	Carlisle	District	1966
Cumberland Valley Railroad Station and Station Master's House	Mechanicsburg	Building	1978
Cumberland Valley State Normal School Historic District	Shippensburg	District	1985
Dykeman's Spring	Shippenburg	Building	1999
Eberly, Johannes, House	Mechanicsburg	Building	1973
Etters Bridge	Lower Allen Township	Structure	1986
Gilbert Bridge	Grantham	Structure	1989
Given, James, Tavern	Carlisle	Building	1992
Givin, Amelia S., Free Library	Mt. Holly Springs	Building	2004
Heishman Mill	West Pennsboro Township	Building	2022
Hessian Powder Magazine	Carlisle	Building	1974
Irving Female College	Mechanicsburg	Building	1983
Locust Grove Cemetery	Shippensburg	Site	2021
Market Street Bridge	Harrisburg	Structure	1988
Mechanicsburg Commercial Historic District	Mechanicsburg	District	1983
Melester Barn	South Middleton Township	Building	2020
Mount Tabor AME Zion Church and Cemetery	Mount Holly Springs	Building	2021
Newville Historic District	Newville	District	2010
Old West, Dickinson College NHL	Carlisle	Building	1966
Orris, Adam, House	Mechanicsburg	Building	1987
Peace Church	Camp Hill	Building	1972
Pine Grove Furnace	Dickinson	Site	1977
Ramp Covered Bridge	Newburg	Structure	1980
Shippen House	Shippensburg	Building	1975
Shippensburg Historic District	Shippensburg	District	1984
Simpson Street School	Mechanicsburg	Building	1983
Trimble, George, House	Mechanicsburg	Building	1992
Union Hotel	Shepherdstown	Building	1989
Widow Piper's Tavern	Shippensburg	Building	1974
Williams, John, House	Williams Grove	Building	1977
Wormley, John, House	Wormleysburg	Building	1976

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Cumberland was formed in 1750 (1750-01-27) from Lancaster.

CUMBERLAND created from LANCASTER and Non-County Area 1.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Cumberland County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
18,243	25,386	23,606	30,953	40,098	45,977	50,344	58,578	74,806	94,457	124,816	178,541	213,674	259,469

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Eisenhower National Historic Site	National Historic Site	39.3 km
Gettysburg National Military Park	National Military Park	39.4 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

126 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 126 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Ashland Cemetery	40.19825	-77.17761
Ashland Cemetery Soldiers' Lot	40.19832	-77.17846
Bakers Church Cemetery	40.1783	-77.0842
Bear Graveyard	40.21373	-77.29329
Bear Personal Cemetery	40.21762	-77.26478
Bethany at Guisetown Cemetery	40.19688	-77.48091
Bethel Cemetery	40.15623	-77.08571
Bible Brethren Church Cemetery	40.28303	-77.12865
Big Spring United Methodist Cemetery	40.13085	-77.40539
Bloserville Reformed Church Graveyard	40.24115	-77.36328
Bonny Brook Graveyard	40.16777	-77.18049
Byers Stouffer Cemetery	40.11855	-77.56048
Camp Hill Cemetery	40.24271	-76.9219
Camp Hill United Methodist Church Columbarium	40.2355	-76.92145
Caprivi Church of God Cemetery	40.23976	-77.22784
Carlisle Indian School Cemetery	40.20756	-77.17082
Carlisle Springs Cemetery	40.27283	-77.1634
Center Church Graveyard	40.22115	-77.46058
Centerville Lutheran Church Cemetery	40.11283	-77.33491
Chestnut Hill Cemetery	40.18787	-77.00128
Churchtown Mennonite Cemetery	40.1615	-77.09104
Cleversburg Cemetery	40.03792	-77.46303
Cocklins Church Graveyard	40.16096	-77.01588
Congregation Beth Tikvah Cemetery	40.20903	-77.22679
Coover Farm Cemetery	40.22704	-77.00139
Cumberland County Home Cemetery	40.21083	-77.15995
Cumberland Valley Memorial Gardens	40.1926	-77.24377
Dickinson Presbyterian Church Graveyard	40.12	-77.31524
Diller Mennonite Church Cemetery	40.20636	-77.3584
Doubling Gap Church of God Cemetery	40.24216	-77.43599
Eberly Family Cemetery	40.23559	-76.98247
Eberlys Mills Cemetery	40.22522	-76.90484
Ege Burial Plot	40.15041	-77.12419
Enola Cemetery	40.29451	-76.93548
Gate of Heaven Cemetery	40.1917	-76.99986
Gibble Farm Cemetery	40.24557	-77.05844
Gods Acre Cemetery	40.0524	-77.51736
Goodyear Cemetery	40.04326	-77.20115
Grantham Memorial Park	40.15984	-76.99312
Green Spring Cemetery	40.1469	-77.47897
Hanna Cemetery	40.14764	-77.55279
Hays Grove Cemetery	40.09328	-77.37144
Herr Graveyard	40.13189	-77.15122
Hoover - Bert Cemetery	40.16274	-77.56048
Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery	40.24514	-76.99864
Huntsdale Church of the Brethren Cemetery	40.10725	-77.3117
Jacksonville Cemetery	40.09241	-77.40124
John Graham Memorial Cemetery	40.17264	-77.39615
Kauffman Farm Graveyard	40.25906	-77.00583
Keenytown Cemetery	40.1492	-77.16411
Lantz Cemetery	40.17275	-76.94342
Leesburg United Methodist Church Cemetery	40.06796	-77.44192
Letort Cemetery	40.2181	-77.14637
Lincoln Cemetery	40.1894	-77.00654
Lincoln Cemetery - Memorial Park	40.20579	-77.19127
Lisburn Cemetery	40.16662	-76.90817
Locust Grove Cemetery	40.05682	-77.51436
Longsdorf Cemetery	40.22153	-77.07274
Longsdorfs Cemetery	40.11148	-77.33351
McClures Gap Cemetery	40.26128	-77.34576
McKinney Cemetery	40.15323	-77.60737
Meadow View Mennonite Church Cemetery	40.1302	-77.36604
Mechanicsburg Cemetery	40.2059	-77.00786
Meeting House Springs Cemetery	40.21559	-77.21824
Middle Spring Cemetery Old	40.08269	-77.54262
Middle Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery - New	40.08226	-77.54082
Middle Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Old	40.08308	-77.54048
Miller Meeting House Cemetery	40.28318	-77.14458
Mohler Dunker Cemetery	40.20292	-76.9685
Mount Holly Colored Cemetery	40.11794	-77.17856
Mount Holly Springs Cemetery	40.12425	-77.19553
Mount Hope Cemetery	40.21355	-77.49647
Mount Rock Methodist Churchyard	40.16032	-77.31982
Mount Tabor Cemetery	40.19038	-77.54702
Mount Victory Church Cemetery	40.06043	-77.1564
Mount Zion Cemetery	40.15869	-77.09498
Mount Zion Evangelical Methodist Cemetery	40.23186	-77.09147
Mount Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery	40.04452	-77.20464
Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery	40.28829	-76.98044
Mountain View Mennonite Cemetery	40.14017	-77.22977

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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