Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Reading. It is located about 50 miles [80 km] to the east of Harrisburg and has a population of 81,207 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Lancaster. It is located about 33 miles [53 km] to the southeast of Harrisburg and has a population of 56,348 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Emmitsburg (MD)	SW	45 mi [72.4 km]	2,365	3.28% increase
	Hampstead (MD)	S	45 mi [72.4 km]	5,467	8.04% increase
	Highfield-Cascade (MD)	SW	50 mi [80.5 km]	---
	Manchester (MD)	S	42 mi [67.6 km]	3,546	6.52% increase
	Taneytown (MD)	S	45 mi [72.4 km]	5,422	5.73% increase
	Union Bridge (MD)	S	50 mi [80.5 km]	1,077	8.9% increase
	Westminster (MD)	S	48 mi [77.2 km]	17,689	5.73% increase
	Ashland	NE	44 mi [70.8 km]	---
	Lebanon	E	24 mi [38.62 km]	24,097	1.49% decrease
	Pottsville	NE	45 mi [72.4 km]	14,405	7.36% decrease
	Shamokin	NE	39 mi [62.8 km]	7,367	8.02% decrease
	Sunbury	N	41 mi [66 km]	9,819	7.46% decrease
	York	S	22 mi [35.41 km]	40,097	1.87% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance
	Bloomburg Village	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]
	Colonial Park	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]
	Enola	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]
	Fort Hunter	N	5 mi [8.05 km]
	Hillside Village	N	Less than 2 mi
	Lawnton	E	3 mi [4.83 km]
	Linglestown	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]
	Lower Allen	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]
	Marene Village	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]
	Old Colonial Village	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]
	Paxtonia	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]
	Progress	NE	2 mi [3.22 km]
	Rutherford	E	5 mi [8.05 km]
	Springford Village	E	5 mi [8.05 km]
	Westwood Village	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]

Dauphin County

Harrisburg is located in Dauphin County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dauphin: Cumberland, Lancaster, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill and York.

While not sharing a border with Dauphin, the following counties are close to Harrisburg: Delaware, Adams and Franklin.

Below are counties that are near Harrisburg (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Harrisburg:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Harrisburg
	Baltimore County (MD)	S	Middletown Estates (MD)	38 miles [61 km]
	Carroll County (MD)	S	Allana Acres (MD)	38 miles [61 km]
	Adams County	SW	Bermudian	19 miles [30 km]
	Berks County	NE	Meckville	29 miles [46 km]
	Cumberland County	SW	Washington Heights	1 miles [1 km]
	Delaware County	SE	Valley Green	8 miles [12 km]
	Franklin County	SE	Waynesboro	22 miles [35 km]
	Juniata County	NW	Dimmsville	26 miles [41 km]
	Lancaster County	SE	Falmouth	12 miles [19 km]
	Lebanon County	E	Gravel Hill	14 miles [22 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Pennsylvania<3>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Harrisburg. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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