Upper Allen Township
Built around the farms of the Cumberland Valley, Upper Allen Township grew into a suburban and commercial community south of Mechanicsburg in central Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Turnpike crosses the township near its interchange with US Route 15, placing local neighbourhoods and businesses beside a major east–west route across the state. Much of the municipality still balances developed corridors with open land and the valley’s gently rolling terrain; the Appalachian Mountains begin to the north. Messiah University, founded in 1909 as the Messiah Bible School and Missionary Training Home, provides a notable educational presence. Upper Allen belongs to Cumberland County, whose county seat, Carlisle, is southwest of the township.
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Upper Allen Township straddles the transition between the Cumberland Valley’s settled plains and the low ridges of south-central Pennsylvania, a position that has brought farmland, residential communities and campuses into close proximity. Yellow Breeches Creek follows much of its southern edge, adding a wooded watercourse to an otherwise open agricultural setting. The township lies just south of Mechanicsburg and southwest of Harrisburg. In Grantham, Messiah University continues an educational tradition that began with the founding of Messiah Bible School in 1909. Browse additional webcams from the Cumberland Valley and south-central Pennsylvania to extend your view of Upper Allen Township.
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