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Millersburg is a borough in northwestern Dauphin County, set on the east bank of the Susquehanna River where Wiconisco Creek meets the river, about 23 miles north of Harrisburg.

The town was laid out in July 1807 by Daniel Miller, who had bought 979 and a quarter acres at the mouth of Wiconisco Creek in 1790, and Millersburg was incorporated as a borough on April 8, 1850.

Daniel Miller designed Millersburg in the style of a New England village around Market Square Park, reserving land for churches, a town square and a riverside park when he surveyed the lots in 1807.

Millersburg had about 2,540 residents at the 2020 census, living in more than 1,100 households.

The Millersburg Ferry is the last surviving ferry crossing the Susquehanna River and is believed to be the last wooden, double stern-wheel paddle boat operating in the United States.

A ferry has operated at Millersburg since 1825, paddle-wheel boats have run since 1873, and the ferry boats were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

The two Millersburg ferry boats, the Roaring Bull V and the Falcon III, are the only ferries still in service along the entire 464-mile length of the Susquehanna River, and each can carry up to four automobiles.

Millersburg is the southwestern terminus of U.S. Route 209, which runs northeast from the borough all the way to the Kingston, New York area.

Millersburg was the northern terminus of the Dauphin County canal network, reached by the Wiconisco Canal, whose construction the state began in 1837 as part of the Pennsylvania Canal system.

Millersburg is home to the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art, which opened on October 9, 2004 to honor the legacy of wildlife artist and naturalist Ned Smith.