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}} Middletown is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River, nine miles (15 km) southeast of Harrisburg. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== Middletown was founded in 1755 and was incorporated as a borough in 1828. It was named from its location halfway between Lancaster and Carlisle. It is the oldest incorporated community in Dauphin County and is in a rich agricultural area bordering Pennsylvania Dutch Country. The George Everhart (Frey) Trust, named for a citizen of Middletown from the 1800s, still manages leases on much of the land in and around Middletown. The Trust was founded to operate the Frey Orphanage; and did so for many years, in three locations in Middletown. The Orphanage eventually closed and the final location, on Red Hill, has become the Frey Village Retirement Community, a Diakon Lutheran senior living facility. Middletown is located less than five miles (8 km) away from the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant. The Unit #2 reactor there suffered a partial meltdown in 1979, causing then-Governor Richard "Dick" Thornburgh to order the evacuation of pregnant women and pre-school children from the area. Within days, 140,000 people had left the area.〔( People & Events: Dick Thornburgh )〕〔(A Decade Later, TMI's Legacy Is Mistrust ) ''The Washington Post'', March 28, 1989, p. A01.〕 Then President Jimmy Carter visited Middletown's Community Building to calm the nerves of anxious residents. Because the town is so old, architecture styles abound. Middletown has everything from a log cabin to Victorian mansions, and beyond. The Simon Cameron House and Bank, B'nai Jacob Synagogue, St. Peter's Kierch, Charles and Joseph Raymond Houses, Henry Smith Farm, and Swatara Ferry House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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