Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
County or equivalent
Location overview
Cumberland County lies in south-central Pennsylvania’s Cumberland Valley, with Carlisle as its county seat. Formed in 1750, it developed as a farming region and a route west from the Susquehanna River. The county’s landscape includes farmland, towns such as Shippensburg and Mechanicsburg, and the wooded slopes of South Mountain. Carlisle Barracks and the U.S. Army War College are longstanding landmarks near the county seat.