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=__Statistics__= Population: about 17,000 Covers about 54 square miles 37 miles to the state capital of Harrisburg, PA

=__History__= George Washington first wanted to name our town the capital of the US! Our bridge burned during the Civil War. Cannon: photo taken by Michael J. Belgie from flickr.com

=__Location clues__= We are west of a river. We border 3 other school districts. Our community is rural. We have a bunch of farms and developments. Not many students grow up on farms though.

Locations within our School district: Great horse farms:photo taken Baissie by: from flickr.com Costumes for the olympics:photo taken by gymnastic lover from flickr.com

Quarry

Foundry (makes caste iron products - decorative products,

hooks, hinges, treestands, bakeware)

We have 1 state park. photo from hotelslines.com by chsanfino

Shoe House-

Jon Whitman - graduated from here, played football at Penn State and for the Steelers

Our new high school: