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    Paxtang is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,640. The borough is a suburb of Harrisburg...
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    Paxtang Park is a hiking and mountain biking park in East Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Paxtang, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the Capital Area Greenbelt...
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  • The Paxtang Parkway is a 1.2 mile section of scenic walking paths within the Capital Area Greenbelt in Paxtang, Pennsylvania. Along with Harrisburg's Cameron...
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    1787 the legislature began to splinter Paxtang Township, first into Upper Paxtang, Middle Paxtang, and Lower Paxtang. In the years after Dauphin County was...
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    Paxton Boys (redirect from Paxtang Gang)
    known as the Paxtang Boys or the Paxton Rangers, were a mob of settlers that murdered 20 unarmed Conestoga in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in December...
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  • Tanacharison (category Deaths from pneumonia in Pennsylvania)
    Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania. There Tanacharison became seriously ill and was taken to the farm of John Harris at Paxtang, Pennsylvania (near present-day...
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  • William Trickett Smith II (category People from Dauphin County, Pennsylvania)
    Smith II (or Jr.) (born January 18, 1981) is a U.S. citizen from Paxtang, Pennsylvania who pleaded guilty to killing his Peruvian wife, Jana Claudia Gómez...
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    Elizabethville Gratz Halifax Highspire Hummelstown Lykens Middletown Millersburg Paxtang Penbrook Pillow Royalton Steelton Williamstown Conewago Derry East Hanover...
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    Pennsylvania. The population was 27,824 at the 2020 census. In 1729, the Paxtang Township of Lancaster County was established. The spelling "Paxtang"...
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    the legislature separated Paxtang Township into Upper Paxtang, Middle Paxtang and Lower Paxtang townships. Lower Paxtang Township embraced the areas...
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    divided among the townships of Derry, Londonderry, Lower Paxtang and Upper Paxtang. The spelling "Paxtang" is from the original Indian name Peshtank, which meant...
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    two trails created by native Americans, French Creek Path (Route 23) and Paxtang (Route 322). He hung a blue ball out front from a post and called it "The...
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  • (Jeannette, Pennsylvania, United States)". "Paxtang Park Is Thing Of Past; Remove Houses". The Evening News. Harrisburg, PA. April 21, 1930. p. 1. Paxtang Park...
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    Pennsylvania Nazareth, Pennsylvania Newtown, Pennsylvania Nicholson, Pennsylvania Oil City, Pennsylvania Olyphant, Pennsylvania Paxtang, Pennsylvania Philadelphia...
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    Americans as early as 3000 BC. Known to the Native Americans as "Peixtin", or "Paxtang", the area was an important resting place and crossroads for Native American...
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    Pennsylvania is a state located in the Northeastern United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state with 13,002...
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    a township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,046 at the 2020 census. In 1729 Paxtang Township of Lancaster County was...
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    other members of the imperial family in attendance. The borough of Paxtang, Pennsylvania was established. Born: Pat Pattle, South African air force officer...
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    previously-signed treaties. Reverend John Elder, who was the parson at Paxtang, became a leader of these settlers, was known as the "Fighting Parson"...
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    terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 39. Until 1955, Progress Avenue was also Pennsylvania Route 543. SR 3015 begins in the borough of Paxtang, at Derry Street...
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  • and boroughs in Pennsylvania. There are currently 956 municipalities classified as boroughs and one classified as a town in Pennsylvania. Unlike other forms...
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    Pennsylvania Highways - Pennsylvania Route 1 Pennsylvania Highways - Pennsylvania Route 2 Pennsylvania Highways - Pennsylvania Route 4 Pennsylvania Highways...
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  • Paxton Township Lower Swatara Township Middle Paxton Township Middletown Paxtang Penbrook Royalton South Hanover Township Steelton Susquehanna Township...
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    2010. South Hanover Township was originally a part of Paxtang Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. On March 4, 1785, Dauphin County was formed from Lancaster...
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    a township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,014 at the 2020 census. In 1729 Paxtang Township of Lancaster County was...
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    Martin Chartier (category Native American history of Pennsylvania)
    activities. On 1 July 1707, Pennsylvania Governor John Evans persuaded Chartier to lure Godin into a trap near Paxtang, Pennsylvania, where Godin was arrested...
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  • Hill Road) in Harmony Township. Pennsylvania Route 543 was the designation for Progress Avenue between US 22 in Paxtang and PA 39 in Linglestown between...
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  • M. Harvey Taylor (category American political bosses from Pennsylvania)
    on May 16, 1982, at the age of 105 and is interred at Paxtang Cemetery in Paxtang, Pennsylvania. In 1932, Taylor served as Illustrious Potentate of Zembo...
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    Yorkshire, England 1740 The Parson John Elder house is built for John Elder of Paxtang and is the oldest structure in what is now city limits in East Harrisburg...
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    colonials. Bisaillon and Chartier went on to establish trading posts in Paxtang, Pennsylvania. Chartier died in 1718. James Logan maintained a good friendship...
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