Harrisburg is the capital city of the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the ninth-most populous city in the state, with a population of 50,099 at the 2020 census, while the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area has an estimated 615,000 residents and is the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg is situated on the east bank of the Susquehanna River 83 miles (134 km) southwest of Allentown and 107 miles (172 km) northwest of Philadelphia. It is officially incorporated as a third-class city and is the county seat of Dauphin County.
Mid-Atlantic
Harrisburg
Cumberland County, PA
Population
50,055
Walk Score
94 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$944
Median home value
$112,100
Founded
1719
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Fox Ridge Historic District
- Fox Ridge Historic District -Addendum
- Harrisburg Cemetery · listed 1985
- Harrisburg Historic District · listed 1976
- Harrisburg Military Post · listed 1991
- Midtown Harrisburg Historic District · listed 1983
- Mount Pleasant Historic District · listed 1985
- Mount Pleasant Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 1990
- Old Downtown Harrisburg Commercial Historic District · listed 1983
- Old Downtown Harrisburg Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 1984
- Old Uptown Harrisburg Historic District · listed 1990
- Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex (Boundary Revision) · listed 2013
Notable landmarks
- Market Street Bridge · listed 1988
- Bergner Building
- Blackstone Building
- Broad Street Market · listed 1974
- Cameron, Simon, School · listed 1986
- Camp Curtin Fire Station · listed 1981
- Camp Curtin Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church · listed 2010
- Colonial Theatre · listed 1982
- Craig Family Cemetery · listed 2024
- Dauphin County Courthouse · listed 1993
- Donaldson, William, House · listed 1990
- First Church of God
- German Evangelical Zion Lutheran Church · listed 1975
- Goldsmith Building
- Griffith, William R., House · listed 1976
- Harris, John, Mansion · listed 1973
- Harrisburg 19th Street Armory · listed 1991
- Harrisburg Central Railroad Station and Trainshed · listed 1975
- Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital · listed 2004
- Harrisburg Technical High School · listed 1982
- Keystone Building · listed 1979
- Kogan Building
- Kunkel Building · listed 1982
- Kunkle Building
- Market Square Presbyterian Church
- …and 19 more
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