| Official Name: | Upper Strasburg, Pennsylvania |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Upper Strasburg |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Franklin |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Letterkenny |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 728 |
| Coordinates: | 40.0603°N -77.7089°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 17265 |
| Area Code: | 717 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1190256 |
Upper Strasburg is an unincorporated community that is located in Letterkenny Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States.
It is situated at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 533, State Route 4004 (Mountain Road/Valley Road), and Community Road, northwest of Chambersburg and north of the Letterkenny Army Depot.[1]
The road from Upper Strasburg to Fannettsburg and on to Burnt Cabins was built circa 1790 and for many years formed part of the main road from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. The road is now part of SR 4004 and was known as Three Mountain Road or Horse Valley Road but is generally known as Upper Strasburg Road now.[2]
The town was laid out in 1789 by Dewalt Keefer and serviced Conestoga wagons and travelers crossing the mountains. The early post office, established by 1797, was originally known simply as Strasburg, but the name was changed to Upper Strasburg by 1830 to distinguish it from towns in eastern Pennsylvania.[3] [4]
In 1873, the town had three churches, "one hotel, one steam tannery, one sawmill, two stores, two blacksmith, two shoe-maker, two cabinet-maker, one tailor and one saddler shops, and two hundred ninety-three inhabitants."[5]
The Upper Strasburg ZIP code 17265 covers 37.93sqmi, a population of 496 and 294 housing units, 211 of them occupied.[6] [7]