Shippensburg [plaque] - Shippensburg, PA
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N 40° 03.123 W 077° 31.023
18T E 285296 N 4436570
Large plaque containg a short history of the town of Shippensburg.
Waymark Code: WM3DGG
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/19/2008
Views: 7
Shippensburg is the 2nd oldest town in PA west of the Susquehanna River. Shippensburg also served as the first county seat of Cumberland County (1750-51) until a courthouse was erected in Carlisle.
Marker text is as follows:
Settled about 1733. Laid out and named for Edward Shippen, 1703-1781, merchant, mayor and justice of Philadelphia, later a resident of Lancaster, paymaster in the Forbes Expedition, a founder and trustee of Princeton University. Grandson of Edward Shippen, 1639 - 1712, who was the host of William Penn, mayor and merchant of Philadelphia, speaker of the assembly, president of the provincial council, and chief justice of Pennsylvania.
Marker Name: Shippensburg - PLAQUE
County: Cumberland
Date Dedicated: 06/01/1925
Marker Type: Plaque
Location: King St. (US 11) & Prince St., on Vigilant Hose Co. #1 bldg., Shippensburg
Category: Cities & Towns, Early Settlement
Website: [Web Link]
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