Hershey | |
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.JPG) 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) | |
  Hershey  Hershey | |
| Coordinates: 40°16′42″N 76°39′4″W / 40.27833°N 76.65111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Dauphin |
| Township | Derry |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.42 sq mi (37.34 km2) |
| • Land | 14.30 sq mi (37.03 km2) |
| • Water | 0.12 sq mi (0.30 km2) |
| Elevation | 411 ft (125 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 13,858 |
| • Density | 969.23/sq mi (374.23/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 17033 |
| Area code | 717 |
| FIPS code | 34-71385 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1176895 |
| Designated | March 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.
- ^ "Experience Hershey, PA". Hershey Entertainment & Resorts. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
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USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnlywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "PHMC Historical Markers Search" (Searchable database). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau (2020). "2020 Census Interactive Population Search PA – Hershey CDP." Retrieved November 11, 2021.