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8 unusual facts about Chambersburg


Abraham Stouffer

Abraham Stouffer was born January 8, 1781 near Chambersburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to Abraham Stauffer (1747–1809) and Barbara Hershey (1750–1795).

Amy Tanner

Four years later, she became a professor of philosophy at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Bardsdale, California

He laid out the town with such street names as San Cayetano, Hueneme, Sespe, Santa Paula, Ventura, Owen, Ojai and Simi Streets, running from north to south, including Chambersburg Street, which was named for Thomas Bard's hometown of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Bloom Brothers Department Stores

The Old Reliable Conn and Bloom Dry Goods Store opened on April 24, 1897, at 84 South Main Street in downtown Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Bloom Brothers Department Stores were located at sites in Franklin and Fulton counties, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore, Maryland, from the company's founding in 1897 as the Old Reliable Conn and Bloom Dry Goods Store until the closing of the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, store in March 1944.

Naftoli Carlebach

Following his wedding, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, rosh yeshiva of Ner Israel, encouraged Rabbi Carlebach to accept the rabbinate at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Olympic Steel

The following year, Olympic entered the machining business by purchasing the assets of JNT Machining and opening a new facility in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Zane C. Hodges

He was reared in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and came to Dallas, Texas in 1954 after receiving a bachelor's degree from Wheaton College.


Folck's Mill

It is historically significant for its association with the August 1, 1864, Civil War "Battle of Folck's Mill." In that battle, Union troops commanded by General Benjamin F. Kelley engaged General John McCausland’s Confederate forces as they advanced along the Baltimore Pike towards Cumberland after having burned the town of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, two days previously.

Franklin County Airport

Franklin County Regional Airport in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States (FAA: N68)

Marcellus Jones

This monument remains on the north side of U.S. Route 30 (Chambersburg Pike) at the intersection of Knoxlyn Road.

McPherson Ridge

In 1913, the Chambersburg Turnpike was designated part of the original Lincoln Highway, and in 1927 the Hagerstown Road became Pennsylvania Route 51 (Pennsylvania Route 116 in 1928).

WSWO-LP

The studios and transmitter are at Huber Towne Center located at the intersection of Brandt Pike (aka SR 201) and Chambersburg Rd.


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