Monterey, Pennsylvania | |
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populated place | |
Coordinates: 39°44′17″N 77°28′17″W / 39.73806°N 77.47139°W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Franklin |
Township | Washington |
Established by | 1875 |
Area | |
• Total | 250 sq mi (600 km2) |
Elevation | 1,335 ft (407 m) |
ZIP code | 17214 |
Area code | 717 |
Census code | 50600[1] |
GNIS ID | 1181451[1] |
NRHP # | 76001639 [1] |
Monterey, Pennsylvania, is an unincorporated community which was added to the USGS Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979.[1] After the site was surveyed c. 1839 for the never-completed Tapeworm Railroad, the summit community was settled on the Emmitsburg & Waynesboro Turnpike [2] east of the Nichol's Gap Road intersection near the Toll Gate and Brown's Spring[3] and later bypassed by the 20th century Pennsylvania Route 16 highway.
As with the Pen Mar Park to the south, Monterey was the site of numerous resort facilities such as the Clermont House,[4] 1887 Monterey Hotel,[3] the Monterey House,[4] the Monterey Inn, the Monterey Academy,[5] and the Monterey Country Club. The community's post office established in the late 19th century was named Charmian (another PA post office already was named Monterey),[4]: 7 and the Charmian station of the Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway was established after the Western Extension was laid in 1888–1889 (cf. Monterey Station in 1872).[5]
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you reach Midersburg, a small station right among the mountains, then the road describes a complete half circle in order to pass around one of the peaks and reach the summit at Monterey Station. Here a fine view of Middletown Valley is obtained… At the summit is Monterey Station, half a mile from which is Monterey SpringsHotel.