Estherton, Pennsylvania
Estherton, Pennsylvania | |
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  Estherton Location within the state of Pennsylvania | |
| Coordinates: 40°18′44″N 76°53′52″W / 40.31222°N 76.89778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Dauphin |
| Township | Susquehanna |
| Time zone | [[UTC-5]] (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | [[UTC-4]] (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 17110 |
| Area code | 717 |
Estherton is an unincorporated area in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in the Harrisburg-Carlisle area. It is on the Susquehanna River just north of the city of Harrisburg in Susquehanna Township. It is served by the Harrisburg post office with the zip code of 17110.
Estherton was founded as Coxestown, or Coxtown,[1] in 1764 by John Cox Jr. after his wife, Esther.[2][3] It was the second town laid out in Dauphin County, after Middletown.
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References
- ^ Geographic Names Information System. "GNIS entry for Coxtown (historical) (Feature ID # 1197255)". Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania. Harrisburg Publishing Company. 1895. p. 19.
- ^ About Susquehanna Township Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
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