Your Local Guide to Hummelstown, PA

Hummelstown is a small, friendly borough in southern Dauphin County, sitting on Swatara Creek between Hershey and Harrisburg. Hershey is about 3.5 miles east and Harrisburg about 11 miles west, so it's an easy place to live if you work in either one. Main Street has older homes, local shops and places to eat, and the town still has a real small-town feel.

A town with real history. Frederick and Rosina Hummel laid out the town in 1762, first calling it Fredrickstown, and it later took the family name. From 1867 to 1929 the Hummelstown Brownstone Company quarried stone here and was the largest brownstone producer on the East Coast. You can still see that stone around town, including the 1893 brownstone church that is now home to the Hummelstown Area Historical Society museum. Just south of town, Indian Echo Caverns has been giving cave tours since 1929.

Homes in Hummelstown. In the borough you'll find older brick, frame and brownstone homes and twins within walking distance of Main Street. The townships around it have newer neighborhoods, larger lots and some country properties. Homes here are close to Hershey and Harrisburg, so the good ones don't last long, and it helps to be ready when the right one comes up.

Some homes near Swatara Creek are in a flood zone, so we'll check that early, since it can affect your insurance. With 27 years in construction, I can point out obvious issues as we walk through a home, so you know what to ask your home inspector about.

Schools. Hummelstown is in the Lower Dauphin School District, and Lower Dauphin High School is right in the borough. Some homes with a Hummelstown mailing address outside the borough are in a different district, so I'll check each one before you go see it.

Getting around.

• US 322 runs along the south side of town as the Hummelstown Bypass, east to Hershey and west to Harrisburg.
• US 422 branches off just east of town toward Hershey, Palmyra and Lebanon.
• PA 39 heads east toward Hersheypark.
• Fiddlers Elbow Road goes south to Route 283 for Middletown, Harrisburg International Airport and Lancaster.

Why people like it here.

• A walkable small town with real history
• Minutes from Hershey's jobs, Hersheypark and the medical center
• An easy commute to Harrisburg
• Events through the year, like the Hummelstown Arts Festival in September and the Winter Fling in January

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Also see: Living in Hershey, PA · Living in Palmyra, PA

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