Carlisle is a borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley, a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 20,118; including suburbs in the neighboring townships, 37,695 live in the Carlisle urban cluster. Carlisle is the smaller principal city of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area, which includes Cumberland and Dauphin and Perry counties in South Central Pennsylvania.
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Carlisle
Cumberland County, PA
Population
20,846
Walk Score
93 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$964
Median home value
$208,900
Settled
1751
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Carlisle Historic District · listed 1979
- Carlisle Indian School · listed 1966
Notable landmarks
- Carlisle Armory · listed 1989
- Given, James, Tavern · listed 1992
- Hessian Powder Magazine · listed 1974
- Old West, Dickinson College · listed 1966
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