Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: People from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Franklin County, Kenton Harper, Frederick Augustus Tritle, Stephen R. Reed, Wilson College, Chambersburg Area Senior High School, George K. Brady, Alexander McClure, Michael Simpson Culbertson, Jeffrey Coy, Public Opinion, Chris Young, Patrick Gass, Tom Brookens, Stephen D. Houston, Thomas R. Bard, WJAL, Jack Mull, John Putch, Henninger Field, The Herald-Mail, The Valley of the Shadow, William Watson McIntire, Jacob Hoke, Henry Burchard Fine, Edmund Colhoun, John Rea, Elaine Princi, Thomas Hartley Crawford, William Stenger, William V. Mong, John H. Dietrich, Joseph C. McKibbin, Douglas Hemphill Elliott, WRZO-LP, Bob Moorhead, George Chambers, James Xavier McLanahan, William Maclay, WEEO-FM, Old Jewish cemetery, Chambersburg, Dan Laing. Excerpt: Chambersburg is a borough in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States. It is 13 miles (21 km) miles north of Maryland and the Mason-Dixon line and 52 miles (84 km) southwest of Harrisburg in the Cumberland Valley, which is part of the Great Appalachian Valley. Chambersburg is the county seat of Franklin County. The United States Census Bureau estimates the population within the borough limits as of July 1, 2008, as 18,302. When combined with the surrounding Greene, Hamilton, and Guilford Townships, the population of Greater Chambersburg is 52,273. Chambersburg is at the core of the Chambersburg Micropolitan Statistical Area which includes surrounding Franklin County. The population of the Chambersburg Micropolitan Area in 2008 was 143,495. Chambersburg's settlement began in 1730 when water mills were built at the confluence of Conococheague Creek and Falling Spring Creek that now run through the center of the town. Its history includes episodes related to the French and Ind...