Montrose Park, Pennsylvania

Montrose Park is a populated place and unincorporated community in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in the Harrisburg-Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States.[1]

It is roughly bounded by Front Street to the west; Montrose Street to the north, Sixth Street to the east and the Harrisburg city line to the south.

History

The neighborhood was started when local contractors built homes for their workers. In the 1950s, the Jewish Community Center relocated here from the current Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center building in Midtown Harrisburg, and the neighborhood attracted a large Jewish following.[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Montrose Park, Pennsylvania
  2. "Friendly Fight: Montrose Park residents mostly kept to themselves, until they united for a common cause". TheBurg. 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2021-12-01.


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