Rockville is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County,

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, United States. The community is home to the

Rockville Bridge The Rockville Bridge is the longest stone masonry arch railroad viaduct ever built, at . It has 48 70-foot spans. The bridge crosses the Susquehanna River about north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The eastern end is located in Rockville and ...

. Rockville is part of the

Harrisburg Harrisburg ( ; ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat, seat of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County. With a population of 50, ...

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Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from ) is a city in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. Carlisle's early history is marked by the establishment of a settlement called Luguvalium to serve forts along Hadrian's Wall in Roman Britain. Due to its pro ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area. Originally settled in 1774 and referred to as Bushy Rock, the town of Rockville was laid out in 1834 to 1838 as Roberts Valley, by Mrs. Matilda Cox.

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*Pennsylvania's Historical Architecture and Archaeology site photos
Rockville Bridge
(photos and information) *
Rockville Bridge Photos
(November 5, 2005) (Rockville Bridge) Rockville is on the west side of the bridge.

(Rockville Bridge photos from November 1994) Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area Unincorporated communities in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{DauphinCountyPA-geo-stub