Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Carlisle is a borough located in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 18 miles (29 km) west-southwest of Harrisburg, the State capital. Carlisle is a highly productive agricultural region. The population increased slowly in the twentieth century from 9,626 in 1900; 10,303 in 1910, 10,916 in 1920; and 13,984 in 1940. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 17,970. It is the county seat of Cumberland County{{GR|6}}.

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Cumberland County, Pennsylvania - Harrisburg - 1900 - 1910 - 1920 - 1940 - 2000 - County seat

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Carlisle was laid out and settled in 1751. As authorized by a general borough law of 1851 (amended in 1852), the government is administered by a burgess and a borough council. In 1794 during the Whiskey Rebellion the troops of Pennsylvania and New Jersey assembled in Carlisle. The borough was shelled by the Confederates on July 1, 1863 during the War of the Rebellion. Carlisle was a well-known place at one time due to the United States Indian Training and Industrial School there which trained Indians from parts of the United States other than Pennsylvania, too.

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1751 - 1851 - 1852 - 1794 - Whiskey Rebellion - New Jersey - Confederates - 1863 - War of the Rebellion - United States Indian Training and Industrial School - United States - Pennsylvania

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