Mercersburg (Pa.)
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Name (Hebrew)
מרסרסבורג (פנסילבניה)
Name (Latin)
Mercersburg (Pa.)
Other forms of name
nnaa Mercersburg, Pa
Coordinates
-77.90333 -77.90333 39.82787 39.82787 (gooearth )
W0775412 W0775412 N0394940 N0394940 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
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Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 39°49ʹ40ʺN 077°54ʹ12ʺW)
Wikipedia description:
Mercersburg is a borough in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough is 72 miles (116 km) southwest of Harrisburg, the state capital. As of the 2020 census, Mercersburg had a population of 1,507. Due to its location in a rural area, it had a relatively large percentage of African-American workers who had been enslaved from the Revolution. It was called "Black Town" in the early 19th century before incorporation under its current name. Refugee African Americans escaping from slavery in the South also settled here, and the area was known as "Little Africa".
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