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Curtin, Pennsylvania

hamlet in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ122571966 ↗
Source-derived summary

Curtin is an unincorporated community in Mifflin Township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area and lies within ZIP Code 17061. but uses the Millersburg post office. Curtin is located on Pennsylvania Route 25, 2.2 miles to the west of Berrysburg, Pennsylvania.

Curtin is officially named as Cartin in the United States Geological Survey and on federal maps.

History

A post office called Curtin was established in 1863 remained in operation until 1905.

Curtin was named for governor Andrew Gregg Curtin.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Curtin, Pennsylvania” as hamlet in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1863, 1905—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Curtin, Pennsylvania and hamlet can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as hamlet in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q122571966. Authority coordinates are 40.585, -76.849. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1863 and 1905.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Curtin, Pennsylvania”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Curtin, Pennsylvania primary sources, Curtin, Pennsylvania archive and Curtin research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Curtin, Pennsylvania”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Curtin, Pennsylvania” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.