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Hershey, Pennsylvania

Hershey
Hershey Kiss-shaped street lamps in downtown Hershey
Hershey Kiss-shaped street lamps in downtown Hershey
Motto: 
The Sweetest Place on Earth[1]
Location of Hershey in Dauphin County (right) and of Dauphin County in Pennsylvania (left)
Location of Hershey in Dauphin County (right) and of Dauphin County in Pennsylvania (left)
Hershey is located in Pennsylvania
Hershey
Hershey
Hershey is located in the United States
Hershey
Hershey
Coordinates: 40°16′42″N 76°39′4″W / 40.27833°N 76.65111°W / 40.27833; -76.65111
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyDauphin
TownshipDerry
Area
 • Total
14.42 sq mi (37.34 km2)
 • Land14.30 sq mi (37.03 km2)
 • Water0.12 sq mi (0.30 km2)
Elevation
411 ft (125 m)
Population
 • Total
13,858
 • Density969.23/sq mi (374.23/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
17033
Area code717
FIPS code34-71385
GNIS feature ID1176895
DesignatedMarch 2, 2003[4]

Hershey is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is home to the Hershey Company, which was founded by candy magnate Milton S. Hershey, and Hersheypark, an amusement park.

The community is located 14 miles (23 km) east of Harrisburg and is part of the Harrisburg metropolitan area. Hershey has no legal status as an incorporated municipality, and all its municipal services are provided by Derry Township. The population was 13,858 at the 2020 census.[5]

Hershey is also located 75.2 miles (121.0 km) southwest of Allentown and 94.5 miles (152.1 km) northwest of Philadelphia.

  1. ^ "Experience Hershey, PA". Hershey Entertainment & Resorts. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "PHMC Historical Markers Search" (Searchable database). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  5. ^ U.S. Census Bureau (2020). "2020 Census Interactive Population Search PA – Hershey CDP." Retrieved November 11, 2021.

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