Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1750
Parent county: Lancaster

Namesake: Cumberland, England
Seat: Carlisle (1751–)

Land area: 545 square miles

Population (2020): 259,469

Population (historic): 18,208 (1790); 30,953 (1840); 43,912 (1870); 50,344 (1900); 68,236 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1810; 1820–2020

Subdivisions: 11 boroughs; nine CDPs; 22 townships

National Register listings: 38

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 19,092 (17.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 76.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 33.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,132
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,099
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,115
Average farm size (1920): 71.3 acres
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Carlisle

Namesake: Carlisle, England

Founding: 1751 (platting); 1782 (incorporation); 1788 (post office)

Population (2020): 20,118

Population (historic): 2,052 (1800); 4,351 (1840); 6,650 (1870); 9,626 (1900); 12,596 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1870; 1880–1950; 1960–1990; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,318 (39.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *William Woods Farm (c. 1792). 222 Dickinson School Road. Dickinson. Federal.
2. *James Cameron Estate (1904–1907). 500 King's Gap Road. Dickinson. Castle-esque.
3. *James McAllister House (c. 1810). 18 Shag Bark Lane. Dickinson.
4. *David Line Farm (c. 1835). 41 Shag Bark Lane. Dickinson.
5. *Samuel Sterrett Farm (c. 1880). 700 Old York Road. Dickinson. Italianate.
6. *James Moore House (1788). 2408 Walnut Bottom Road. Dickinson. Georgian.
7. *John Eberly House (c. 1795). 5301 Lenker Street. Hampden. Federal.
8. *Silver Spring Presbyterian Church (1783). 444 Silver Spring Road. Hampden.
9. *Peace Reformed and Lutheran Church (1798). 4600 Trindle Road. Hampden.
10. *William Black House (c. 1776). 109 Drexel Hills Park Road. Lower Allen.
11. *Andrew Miller Farm (c. 1805). 1400 Brandton Road. Lower Allen. Federal.
12. Farm (c. 1880). 1040 Lisburn Road. Lower Allen. Italianate.
13. *Rebecca Bitner House (c. 1871). 2901 Lisburn Road. Lower Allen. Gothic Revival.
14. *Samuel Wilson House (c. 1791). 305 Doubling Gap Road. Lower Mifflin. Georgian.
15. *John Boden House (c. 1820). 1067 Harrisburg Pike. Middlesex. Federal.
16. *John Heikes House (c. 1835). Harrisburg Pike, at Harmony Hall Road. Middlesex. Federal. Razed.
17. *Thomas Urie Farm (c. 1798). 188 Old Stone House Road. Middlesex. Georgian.
18. *Christopher Crotzer House (c. 1820). 240 Shady Lane. Middlesex. Federal.
19. *Martin Brandt Farm (c. 1795). 1101 Park Road. Monroe.
20. *John Williams Farm (c. 1800). 1554 Williams Grove Road. Monroe. Federal.
21. *William Thompson Farm (c. 1760/1842). 461 Dyarman Road. North Middleton.
22. *Abraham Waggoner Farm (1817). 3421 Waggoner's Gap Road. North Middleton.
23. *Samuel Piper House (c. 1800). 600 Big Spring Road. North Newton.
24. Andrew Sharpe Farm. 353 Bullshead Road. North Newton. Federal.
25. *John Stough Farm (c. 1812). 2155 Ritner Highway. North Newton.
26. *John McCulloch Farm (c. 1820). 550 Springfield Road. North Newton.
27. *John McCulloch Farm (c. 1785). 36 Gettle Road. Penn.
28. *John Brown Farm (c. 1810). 131 Quarry Hill Road. Penn.
29. *George Dykeman House (c. 1855/1871). 6 Dykeman Road. Shippensburg. Italianate.
30. Waverly / Joseph Nevin Farm (c. 1855). 91 Fogelsanger Road. Shippensburg. Italianate.
31. *William Linn House (c. 1830/1880). 115 Walnut Bottom Road. Shippensburg.
32. *Anderson Hempt Farm (c. 1845/1870). 245 Hempt Road. Silver Spring. Italianate.
33. *George Trimble House (1812). 50 Pleasant Grove Road. Silver Spring. Federal.
34. *John Stuart Farm (c. 1845). 398 Adams Road. South Middleton.
35. House (c. 1900). 802 South Hanover Street. South Middleton. Queen Anne.
36. House (remodeled c. 1875). 806 Holly Pike. South Middleton. Italianate.
37. *Robert Graham House (c. 1810/1885). 1634 Holly Pike. South Middleton. Second Empire.
38. *James Craighead Farm (c. 1780/1790). 1743 Holly Pike. South Middleton.
39. *Oak Hall / Asbury Derland House (1875). 383 Mountain Road. South Middleton. Italianate.
40. *Robert Stuart House (c. 1870). 328 West Old York Road. South Middleton. Italianate.
41. *James Given House (c. 1820). 1189 Walnut Bottom Road. South Middleton. Federal.
42. *Benjamin Blythe Farm (c. 1790). 217 Means Hollow Road. Southampton. Georgian.
43. *Robert Mumma Farm (1841). 1704 Fisher Road. Upper Allen.
44. *Ashcombe / Margaret Moser House (c. 1890). 1106 Gettysburg Pike. Upper Allen. Shingle/Queen Anne.
45. *Glen Allen Mill (c. 1830). 928 McCormick Road. Upper Allen.
46. *Alexander Leckey Farm (c. 1785). Bloserville Road, north of Flintstone Drive. Upper Frankford. Razed.
47. *David Sterrett House (c. 1789/1830). Mountain Road, north of Gameland Road. Upper Mifflin. Razed.
48. *John McCullough House (c. 1805). 333 Centerville Road. West Pennsboro. Razed.
49. *Diller Mill (c. 1808/1900). 1215 Creek Road. West Pennsboro.
50. *McKeehan Farm (1803). 1295 Creek Road. West Pennsboro.
51. *Alexander Glenn Farm (c. 1800). 39 Mill Road. West Pennsboro. Federal.
52. *Samuel Bowman Farm (c. 1820). 2269 Newville Road. West Pennsboro. Federal.
53. *Hedge Place / Alfred Adams Farm (c. 1865). 2955 Ritner Highway. West Pennsboro. Italianate.
54. *Samuel Greason Farm (c. 1845). 33 Springview Road. West Pennsboro. Italianate.
55. *James Greason Farm (c. 1868). 96 Springview Road. West Pennsboro. Italianate.