Chambersburg is a borough in and the county chair of Franklin County, in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States. It is in the Cumberland Valley, which is portion of the Great Appalachian Valley, and 13 miles (21 km) north of Maryland and the Mason-Dixon parentage and 52 miles (84 km) southwest of Harrisburg, the welcome capital. According to the United States Census Bureau, Chambersburg’s 2020 population was 21,903. When combined afterward the surrounding Greene, Hamilton, and Guilford Townships, the population of Greater Chambersburg is 52,273 people. The Chambersburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area includes surrounding Franklin County, and in 2010 included 149,618 people.

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Chambersburg Borough is the thirteenth-largest municipality in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the largest Borough, as measured by fiscal size (2016). Chambersburg Borough is organized below the Pennsylvania Borough Code and is not a home-rule municipality.

Chambersburg’s treaty began in 1730 bearing in mind water mills were built at Conococheague Creek and Falling Spring Creek. The town developed upon both sides of these creeks. Its records includes episodes relating to the French and Indian War, the Whiskey Rebellion, John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, and the American Civil War. The borough was the deserted major northern community burned next to by Confederate forces during the war. Residents charged the Confederates with achievement crimes.

Chambersburg is served by the Lincoln Highway, U.S. 30, between McConnellsburg and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. U.S. 11, the Molly Pitcher Highway, passes through it between Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, and Hagerstown, Maryland. Interstate 81 skirts the borough to its east. The town lies approximately midpoint on US Route 30 between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The local topography reflects both adore areas with Philadelphia and mountainous areas subsequently Pittsburgh. Downtown Chambersburg has occasional actions such as Food Truck Festival and Apple Fest.