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15 unusual facts about Dauphin County


American Flyers Airline

Around this time the airline moved its operations to Middletown, Pennsylvania.

Camp Alger

Early in September the remainder of the corps was transferred to Camp Meade, near Middletown, Pennsylvania.

Camp George Meade

Camp George G. Meade near Middletown, Pennsylvania was a camp established and subsequently abandoned by the U.S. Volunteers during the Spanish American War.

Dave Twardzik

Twardzik grew up in Middletown, Pennsylvania, and played collegiately at Old Dominion University, where he was a two-time All American and led the Monarchs to the 1971 NCAA Division II title game.

Eleanor King

King was born on February 8, 1906 in Middletown, Pennsylvania to George Ilgenfritz and Emma Kate Campbell King.

Helen Twelvetrees

On February 13, 1958, Twelvetrees was found unconscious on the floor of her living room at her home in Middletown, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Harrisburg.

Jene Newsome

Jene Newsome is a native of Swatara Township, Pennsylvania and attended Central Dauphin East High School.

Middletown, Pennsylvania

Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania of the Harrisburg metropolitan area, zip code 17057

Nakajima J1N

The airplane was moved to the Air Materiel Depot at Middletown, Pennsylvania, on 23 January 1946.

Pennsylvania Route 230

Beyond the airport is Middletown.

Phoenix Contact

Phoenix Contact USA, one of the company's first international subsidiaries, was established in 1981 in Middletown, Pennsylvania.

Robins Air Force Base

When the U.S. Air Force closed down its maintenance depots at the former Brookley AFB in Mobile, Alabama and the former Olmsted AFB in Middleton Township, Pennsylvania, Robins AFB assumed the workload of these depots.

Spot Poles

Poles spent his post-baseball years as a taxi cab operator and working at Olmsted Air Force Base in Middletown, Pennsylvania, enabling him to retire comfortably.

WITF-TV

In 2007, it moved to a purpose-built facility in Swatara Township.

WITF-TV maintains studio facilities located at the WITF Public Media Center in Swatara Township (though with a Harrisburg address), and its transmitter (which is shared with CBS affiliate WHP-TV, channel 21) is located in Susquehanna Township.


John Wenger

Wenger was born in Bethel Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA.