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State Park Attractions In Mercersburg

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Buchanan's Birthplace State Park

Whitetail Mountain Resort

Berkeley Springs State Park

Antietam National Battlefield

Great Allegheny Passage

Idlewild & SoakZone

Indian Echo Caverns

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Mercersburg is a borough in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is 72 miles southwest of Harrisburg, the state capital. Originally called Black Town, it was incorporated in 1831. In 1900, 956 people lived here, and in 1910, 1,410 people lived here. The population was 1,561 at the 2010 census.
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State Park Attractions In Mercersburg

1. Buchanan's Birthplace State Park Mercersburg
Buchanan's Birthplace State Park is an 18.5-acre Pennsylvania state park near Cove Gap, in Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is on Pennsylvania Route 16 along Tuscarora Mountain. Buchanan's Birthplace State Park was created from land donated to the state by Harriet Lane in honor of her uncle, the 15th President of the United States, James Buchanan.
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2. Berkeley Springs State Park Berkeley Springs
Berkeley Springs is a town in, and the county seat of, Morgan County, West Virginia, United States, in the state's Eastern Panhandle. While the area was part of Virginia , the town was incorporated as Bath. Since 1802, it has been referred to by the name of its original Virginia post office, Berkeley Springs. The population of the town was 624 at the 2010 United States Census. The town is located within the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Berkeley Springs is a sister city to Bath, Somerset, England. The area contains mineral water springs that were frequented by Native Americans indigenous to the area, possibly for thousands of years. After settlement by Europeans, the mineral springs drew many visitors from urban areas. Notable colonial visitors to the area in...
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President Buchanan home - Wheatland in Lancaster, PA

James Buchanan the15th President is the only President from PA and the only bachelor President. Wheatland was his home.

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Wheatland (James Buchanan House)

Wheatland, or the James Buchanan House, is a brick, Federal style building in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was formerly owned by the 15th President of the United States, James Buchanan.

Constructed in 1828 by William Jenkins, a local lawyer, it was eventually bought by Buchanan in 1848. Buchanan occupied the house for next two decades, except for several years during his ambassadorship in Great Britain and during his presidency.

Wheatland was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.

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