Shippensburg

borough of Pennsylvania
AdministrativeArea borough_of_pennsylvania Q1184154
Shippensburg
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Shippensburg

Summary

Shippensburg is a borough of Pennsylvania[1]. Shippensburg ranks in the top 5% of borough_of_pennsylvania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (168 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shippensburg is located in Cumberland County[3].
  • Shippensburg is located in Franklin County[4].
  • Shippensburg is in the country of United States[5].
  • Shippensburg's image is recorded as Shipoldmain.JPG[6].
  • Shippensburg's instance of is recorded as borough of Pennsylvania[7].
  • Shippensburg's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128754977[8].
  • Shippensburg's locator map image is recorded as Cumberland County Pennsylvania Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Shippensburg Highlighted.svg[9].
  • Shippensburg's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81001869[10].
  • Shippensburg's postal code is recorded as 17257[11].
  • Shippensburg's Commons category is recorded as Shippensburg, Pennsylvania[12].
  • Shippensburg's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 188285[13].
  • +1730-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shippensburg[14].
  • Shippensburg's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1217325[15].
  • Shippensburg's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1187553[16].
  • Shippensburg's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.0494, 'lon': -77.5239}[17].
  • Shippensburg's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/013kr5[18].
  • Shippensburg's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 42-70352[19].
  • Shippensburg's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shippensburg, Pennsylvania[20].
  • Shippensburg's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as b8390314-8a32-418c-8220-55cc0ef10bd1[21].
  • Shippensburg's population is recorded as {'amount': '+5478'}[22].
  • Shippensburg's population is recorded as {'amount': '+4416'}[23].
  • Shippensburg's WOEID is recorded as 2492899[24].
  • Shippensburg's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0437987[25].
  • Shippensburg's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Shippensburg'}[26].
  • Shippensburg's category for people born here is recorded as Q110949106[27].

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Geography

Shippensburg is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include Cumberland County[3], a county of Pennsylvania[28], in United States[29], founded in 1750[30] and Franklin County[4], a county of Pennsylvania[31], in United States[32], founded in 1784[33].

Physical Characteristics

Shippensburg's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+1.99'}[34]. Shippensburg's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+686'}[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+5478'}[22] and {'amount': '+4416'}[23].

Designation and Status

Shippensburg's instance of is recorded as borough of Pennsylvania[7].

History and Context

+1730-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shippensburg[14].

Why It Matters

Shippensburg ranks in the top 5% of borough_of_pennsylvania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (168 views/month).[2] Shippensburg has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36]

References

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  19. [21] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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