what class township is lower paxton township

It is bordered to the east by Colonial Park and to the southwest by the borough of Penbrook.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km 2), all land. Progress is located in southeastern Susquehanna Township at Walnut and Shell Streets and extends east into the western part of Lower Paxton Township. Progress was named for the progressive spirit of its original inhabitants.

Daniel Shell laid out the community sometime in the 18th Century, where it was known by a few names: Jacob's Plains, Mud Town, Shellstown, and finally Progress. When Susquehanna Township was founded in 1815, Progress was the only established settlement in the south end. It is part of the Harrisburg– Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The population was 9,765 at the 2010 census.

Progress / ˈ p r oʊ ɡ r ɛ s/ is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) mainly in Susquehanna Township but also in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States.

What class township is lower paxton township