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Cities Located in the 717 Area Code
The most populous cities in area code 717 are: Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, Chambersburg, and Lebanon.
Other cities in the 717 area code include: Carlisle, Hanover, Mechanicsburg, Lewistown, Camp Hill, Lititz, Hershey, Gettysburg, Columbia, Ephrata, New Oxford, Landisville, Middletown, Waynesboro, Red Lion, Hummelstown, Elizabethtown, Myerstown, Shippensburg, Annville, Millersville, Lewisberry, Biglerville, Strasburg, Palmyra, Manchester, Spring Grove, Greencastle, New Holland, Jonestown, Dover, Dauphin, Blue Ridge Summit, Dillsburg, New Bloomfield, Glen Rock, New Cumberland, Leola, Grantville, Mc Connellsburg, Saint Thomas, Delta, Quarryville, Wrightsville, Manheim, Mercersburg, Fairfield, Mountville, Elizabethville, Denver, Millerstown, Marietta, York Springs, Loysville, Halifax, Mount Joy, Stewartstown, Enola, Littlestown, Airville, Port Royal, Mount Holly Springs, Mc Alisterville, East Berlin, Newville, Tower City, Gordonville, Akron, Holtwood, Terre Hill, Reedsville, Thompsontown, Brogue, Newport, Gratz, Blain, Marysville, Fawn Grove, Fayetteville, Newburg, Gap, Millersburg, Allensville, Belleville, Kirkwood, Drumore, Duncannon, Dry Run, Richfield, Lykens, Richland, Milroy, Mifflintown, Liverpool, Needmore, East Waterford, Glenville, Warfordsburg, Mc Veytown, Reinholds, Ickesburg, Newmanstown, and Honey Grove.
About Harrisburg, Lancaster, and York, Pennsylvania
1213649 Harrisburg (Pennsylvania German : Harrisbarig) is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 49,673, it is the tenth-largest city in the Commonwealth. It lies on the east bank of the Susquehanna River, 107 miles (172 km) west of Philadelphia.The Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA Combined Statistical Area is made up of six counties in south central Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States Census the CSA had a population total of 1,219,422, and ranked 3rd most populous in the state of Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and 43rd most populous in the United States.Harrisburg played a notable role in American history during the Westward Migration, the American Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. During part of the 19th century, the building of the Pennsylvania Canal and later the Pennsylvania Railroad allowed Harrisburg to become one of the most industrialized cities in the Northeastern United States. The U.S. Navy ship USS Harrisburg, which served from 1918 to 1919 at the end of World War I, was named in honor of the city.In the mid-to-late 20th century, the city's economic fortunes fluctuated with its major industries consisting of government, heavy manufacturing including the production of steel, agriculture (the greater Harrisburg area is at the heart of the fertile Pennsylvania Dutch Country), and food services (nearby Hershey is home of the chocolate maker, located just 10 miles (16 km) east of Harrisburg).The Pennsylvania Farm Show, the largest free indoor agriculture exposition in the United States, was first held in Harrisburg in 1917 and has been held there every early-to-mid January since then. Harrisburg also hosts an annual outdoor sports show, the largest of its kind in North America, an auto show, which features a large static display of new as well as classic cars and is renowned nationwide, and Motorama, a two-day event consisting of a car show, motocross racing, remote control car racing, and more. Harrisburg is also known for the Three Mile Island accident, which occurred on March 28, 1979 near Middletown.In 2010 Forbes rated Harrisburg as the second best place in the U.S. to raise a family. Despite the city's recent financial troubles, in 2010 The Daily Beast website ranked 20 metropolitan areas across the country as being recession-proof, and the Harrisburg region landed at No. 7. The financial stability of the region is in part due to the high concentration of state and federal government agencies.The finances of the city itself however, were poorly managed and its inability to repay its bond debt has created an ongoing fiscal crisis.
Lancaster; is a city located in South Central Pennsylvania which serves as the seat of Pennsylvania's Lancaster County and one of the oldest inland towns in the United States (along with Hartford, Connecticut ; Springfield, Massachusetts ; Petersburg, Virginia ; Albany, New York ; Schenectady, New York, and several other early settlements). With a population of 59,322, it ranks eighth in population among Pennsylvania's cities. The Lancaster metropolitan area population is 507,766, making it the 101st largest metropolitan area in the US and 2nd largest in the South Central Pennsylvania area. The city's primary industries include healthcare, tourism, public administration, manufacturing, both professional and semi-professional services, and home of the Park City Center shopping mall, the largest indoor retail facility in the region. Lancaster hosts more electronic public CCTV outdoor cameras per capita than cities such as Boston or San Francisco, despite controversy among residents. Lancaster was home to James Buchanan, the nation's 15th president, and to congressman and abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens.
York, known as the White Rose City (after the symbol of the House of York), is the city serving as the county seat of York County, Pennsylvania, United States, both being located in the south-central region of the state. The population within York's city limits was 43,718 at the 2010 census, a 7.0% increase from the 2000 count of 40,862. When combined with the adjacent boroughs of West York and North York and surrounding Spring Garden, West Manchester, and Springettsbury townships, the population of Greater York was 108,386. York is the county seat of York County and is located at 39°58′00″N 76°45′00″W / 39.96667°N 76.75000°W / 39.96667; -76.75000. York is currently the 11th largest city in Pennsylvania.
What Time Zone is Area Code 717?
The 717 area code lies within the Eastern Daylight Time Zone (or EDT). The current time in Eastern Daylight Time is 2:57 AM on Apr 27, 2024.