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Wormleysburg is a borough in Cumberland County that sits on the west bank of the Susquehanna River directly across from Harrisburg, the state capital.

The borough's heritage begins in 1772, when John Wormley settled on the West Shore and was deeded land beside the river.

John Wormley operated a ferry across the Susquehanna that competed directly with the ferry run by John Harris, the founder of Harrisburg.

The town of Wormleysburg was laid out in 1815 by John Wormley Jr., who had inherited his father's estate.

According to the borough's own history, Wormleysburg was incorporated as a borough on May 13, 1908, carved out of East Pennsboro Township.

The John Wormley House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Wormleysburg had a population of 3,043 at the 2020 census, within a borough of only about 0.9 square miles.

The Market Street Bridge and the M. Harvey Taylor Memorial Bridge cross the Susquehanna from Wormleysburg into Harrisburg.

The borough's 1929 elementary school was closed for good after floodwaters from Hurricane Agnes inundated it in June 1972.

Today the borough contains roughly 1,500 residences, many of them overlooking the river and the Harrisburg skyline.