Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Mechanicsburg | |
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| Motto: "A good place to live since 1828" | |
Location of Mechanicsburg in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. | |
| Coordinates: 40°12′44″N 77°00′22″W / 40.21222°N 77.00611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Cumberland |
| Settled | 1806 |
| Incorporated | 1828 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Jack Ritter |
| • Council President | Kyle Miller |
| • Council Vice President | John Anthony |
| • Borough Manager | Layne Thompson |
| • Borough Solicitor | Michael Cassidy |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.41 sq mi (6.25 km2) |
| • Land | 2.41 sq mi (6.24 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 446 ft (136 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 9,311 |
| • Density | 3,861.88/sq mi (1,491.39/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 17055, 17050 |
| Area code | 717 |
| FIPS code | 42-48376 |
| Website | www |
Mechanicsburg is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough is eight miles (13 km) west of Harrisburg. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,311, up from 8,981 recorded at the 2010 census.