Country United States County Dauphin Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) Elevation 119 m Population 407 (2010) | State Pennsylvania Township South Hanover FIPS code 42-78472 Zip code 17033 | |
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Area 80 ha (78 ha Land / 3 ha Water) | ||
Union Deposit is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in South Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census the population of Union Deposit was 407 residents.
Union Deposit (formerly called Unionville and Uniontown) was laid out in 1833.
Geography
The community is in southeastern Dauphin County, along the southeastern edge of South Hanover Township. Its southern and eastern border follows Swatara Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Susquehanna River. Pennsylvania Route 39 (Hershey Road) forms the northeastern edge of the community; it leads southeast 2 miles (3 km) to the center of Hershey and northwest 5 miles (8 km) to Interstate 81.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Union Deposit CDP has a total area of 0.31 square miles (0.81 km2), of which 0.30 square miles (0.78 km2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2), or 4.19%, is water.