Shiremanstown in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Shiremanstown Sesquicentennial Time Capsule

1874 — 2024

— To Be Opened in 2049 —

Shiremanstown Sesquicentennial Time Capsule Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 28, 2025

1. Shiremanstown Sesquicentennial Time Capsule Marker

Inscription.

[Title is text]

Erected 2024 by Shiremanstown Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Time Capsules series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1874.

Location. 40° 13.502′ N, 76° 57.088′ W. Marker is in Shiremanstown, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County. It can be reached from Park Lane. Marker is in Shiremanstown Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Park Lane, Camp Hill PA 17011, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania and in Greater Harrisburg.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker:

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Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Christian Stoner House (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Atticks Tailor Shop - Built Mid 1800s (approx. 0.2 miles away); First Church of God - Dedicated 1838 (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Starr Tin Shop (approx. 0.2 miles away); Rupp General Store - Built Before 1862 (approx. ¼ mile away); The Home of Primroses - Built About 1885 (approx. ¼ mile away); Rupp Carriage Factory - Built Around 1875 (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shiremanstown.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 28, 2025

2. Shiremanstown Sesquicentennial Time Capsule Marker

Shiremanstown Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 28, 2025

3. Shiremanstown Memorial Park

Town founder mock headstone

Shiremanstown Memorial Park Flagpole Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 28, 2025

4. Shiremanstown Memorial Park Flagpole Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 28, 2025

5. Shiremanstown Memorial Park

Credits. This page was last revised on December 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 1, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 36 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 1, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.