Upper Strasburg is an

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that is located in Letterkenny Township in Franklin County,

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, United States. It is situated at the intersection of

Pennsylvania Route 533 Pennsylvania Route 533 (PA 533) is a state highway located in Franklin and Cumberland counties in Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at State Route 4004 (SR 4004) at a junction with Mountain Road, Valley Road, and Community Road in the com ...

, State Route 4004 (Mountain Road/Valley Road), and Community Road, northwest of

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and north of the

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History

The road from Upper Strasburg to Fannettsburg and on to Burnt Cabins was built ''circa'' 1790 and for many years formed part of the main road from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. The road is now part of SR 4004 and was known as ''Three Mountain Road'' or ''Horse Valley Road'' but is generally known as ''Upper Strasburg Road'' now. ''Note:'' This includes The town was laid out in 1789 by Dewalt Keefer and serviced Conestoga wagons and travelers crossing the mountains. The early post office, established by 1797, was originally known simply as Strasburg, but the name was changed to Upper Strasburg by 1830 to distinguish it from towns in eastern Pennsylvania. In 1873, the town had three churches, "one hotel, one steam tannery, one sawmill, two stores, two blacksmith, two shoe-maker, two cabinet-maker, one tailor and one saddler shops, and two hundred ninety-three inhabitants."

ZIP code information

The Upper Strasburg ZIP code 17265 covers , a population of 496 and 294 housing units, 211 of them occupied. Note that this is not an official USPS website, but it includes a map.

Gallery

Upper Strasburg FrankCo PA USPS 17265.JPG, Post office File:Upper Strasburg FrankCo PA red brick.JPG, End of PA 533

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania