Chambersburg Wedding

Chambersburg is a borough in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 52 miles (84 km) southwest of Harrisburg in the Cumberland Valley. The population was 17,862 at the 2000 census. The population stood at 7,863 in 1890; 8,864 in 1900; 11,800 in 1910; 13,171 in 1920; and 14,852 in 1940. Chambersburg is the county seat of Franklin CountyGR6.

It is located along US 30, between McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

"Falling Spring" was first settled by Colonel Benjamin Chambers, a Scots-Irish immigrant, in 1730. It became part of Franklin County when the county was established in 1784. Chambersburg was incorporated in 1803 and declared the County Seat when the State Assembly established a formal government.

By 1859, Chambersburg was a stop on the famous Underground Railroad, and abolitionists John Brown, Frederick Douglass and their followers met there when planning the disastrous raid on Harpers Ferry. John Brown stayed in a local Chambersburg house during the summer of 1859. He lived unknown by the Chambersburg residents. His temporary house still stands at 225 East King Street in Chambersburg and is open to the public.