Union Deposit is an

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and

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in South Hanover Township,

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, United States. It is part of the

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–

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. As of the 2010 census the population of Union Deposit was 407 residents. Union Deposit (formerly called Unionville and Uniontown) was laid out in 1833 by Isaac Hershey (west end) and Philip Wolfersberger (east end). The village's original growth and namesake comes from construction of the

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, which deposited goods in the area, upon where the village boomed from various commercial enterprises.

Geography

The community is in southeastern Dauphin County, along the southeastern edge of South Hanover Township. Its southern and eastern border follows

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, a southward-flowing tributary of the

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Pennsylvania Route 39 Pennsylvania Route 39 (PA 39) is a state highway located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. PA 39 runs from North Front Street near Harrisburg east to U.S. Route 322 (US 322) and US 422 near Hummelsto ...

(Hershey Road) forms the northeastern edge of the community; it leads southeast to the center of Hershey and northwest to

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. According to the

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, the Union Deposit CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 4.19%, is water.

References

Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area Census-designated places in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania {{DauphinCountyPA-geo-stub

Geography

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