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Hershey is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, so it has no municipal government of its own and all of its services are provided by Derry Township.

Hershey was founded in 1903 by chocolate magnate Milton S. Hershey as a model company town for his factory workers, built after he sold his Lancaster Caramel Company in 1900 to finance the new chocolate plant.

Hershey bills itself as 'The Sweetest Place on Earth,' and the street lamps in its downtown are shaped like Hershey's Kisses.

Hershey's workers' homes were built with modern amenities unusual for the era, including electricity, indoor plumbing, and central heating.

Hershey had a population of 13,858 at the 2020 census, living in about 5,550 households.

Hershey is home to The Hershey Company, the chocolate maker founded by Milton Hershey, whose factory made the town famous worldwide.

Hersheypark opened to the public on May 30, 1906, as a leisure park for Hershey's employees, and ZooAmerica began there in 1910 as the Hershey Zoo.

Milton and Catherine Hershey founded the Milton Hershey School in 1909 to educate orphaned and underprivileged boys, and it remains a major private boarding school serving about 2,000 students.

During the Great Depression, Milton Hershey's building campaign produced The Hotel Hershey and Hershey Theatre in 1933, Hersheypark Arena in 1936, and Hersheypark Stadium in 1939.

The Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center was founded in Hershey in 1963 as the home of Pennsylvania State University's College of Medicine, which enrolled its first students in 1967.