Editing Shiremanstown, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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 | subdivision_name2        = [[Cumberland County, Pennsylvania|Cumberland]]
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 | area_total_km2           = 0.79
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 | population_total         = 1569
 | population_density_km2   = 2052.32
 | population_density_sq_mi = 5320.26
 | timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
 | utc_offset               = -5
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 | coordinates              = {{coord|40|13|22|N|76|57|15|W|region:US-PA|display=inline,title}}
 | elevation_ft             = 420
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 | postal_code              = 17011
 | area_code                = [[Area code 717|717]]
 | pop_est_as_of            = 2019
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 | population_est           = 1628
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'''Shiremanstown''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Cumberland County, Pennsylvania]], United States. Bordered to the north by [[Hampden Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania|Hampden Township]] and to the south by [[Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Allen Township]], it is part of the [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]&ndash;[[Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle]] [[Harrisburg metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

The population was 1,569 at the time of the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4270384| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Shiremanstown borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=June 18, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213061936/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4270384| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
The borough has a history that dates back prior to its establishment in 1864. The borough was named after Daniel Shireman, a German immigrant who settled in the area in the 18th century. Daniel Shireman was a butcher by trade and became a prominent figure in the community.

Before its incorporation as a borough, the area was part of Lower Allen Township. The community grew around the Shireman family and their contributions to the local economy. The town community grew again with the addition of St. John's Lutheran Church.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=http://www.s-townhs.org/about.html |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=Shiremanstown historical society |language=en}}</ref>

Sometime before 1797, a German Reformed church and school were established near the community of Shiremanstown in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It became known as the "[[Peace Church]]." Nearly one hundred years later, the log structure was still in use, but only as a school by that time. As the surrounding communities grew over the years, the church's congregation also continued to grow. Eventually, the congregation became known as St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. 

In 1897, leaders of the congregation expanded the church further by purchasing the old Messiah church located in Shiremanstown. Initially used for evening services, that building also became the congregation's home during the winter months, and was in use regularly until it was destroyed by fire on September 2, 1908.<ref>Dierolf, Claude Octavius. ''History of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Shiremanstown, Pennsylvania 1787-1927'', pp. 13, 35-36, 38, 42-43. Shiremanstown, Pennsylvania: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1927.</ref>

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church is now located on Main Street in Shiremanstown.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bruck |first=Laura |date=2021-05-25 |title=About {{!}} St. John's Lutheran Church |url=https://stjohns1787.org/about/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Geography==
Located in eastern Cumberland County at {{coord|40.222889|-76.954159|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> Shiremanstown is bordered to the north by [[Hampden Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania|Hampden Township]] and to the south by [[Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Allen Township]]. It is {{convert|6|mi|0}} southwest of the center of [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]], the state capital.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|0.77|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population 
|align=left
|1880= 404
|1890= 432
|1900= 504
|1910= 545
|1920= 635
|1930= 731
|1940= 777
|1950= 887
|1960= 1212
|1970= 1773
|1980= 1719
|1990= 1567
|2000= 1521
|2010= 1569
|estyear=2019
|estimate=1628
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="USDecennialCensus">{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=December 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=December 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archivedate=June 11, 2013}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Boro Hall Shiremanstown CumberCo PA.jpg|thumb|Shiremanstown Borough Hall]]
As of the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2"/> there were one thousand five hundred and twenty-one people, seven hundred and nineteen households and four hundred and seven families residing in the borough. The [[population density]] was {{convert|5,105.8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}.

There were seven hundred and forty-two housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,490.8|/mi2|/km2}}.

The racial makeup of the borough was 95.33% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.53% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.07% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.43% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.33% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.31% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.53% of the population.

There were seven hundred and nineteen households, out of which 22.5% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 46.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.3% were non-families. 38.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 20.2% under the age of eighteen, 7.0% from eighteen to twenty-four, 29.9% from twenty-five to forty-four, 23.6% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 19.3% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty years. For every one hundred females, there were 84.6 males.

For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 84.5 males.

The median household income in the borough was $43,971, and the median income for a family was $55,268. Males had a median income of $37,500 compared with that of $30,326 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $21,812.

Roughly 1.8% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.5% of those under age eighteen and 2.8% of those aged sixty-five or over.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://shiremanstownboro.org/}}

{{Cumberland County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1813]]
[[Category:Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania]]