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Dauphin County

county in Pennsylvania, United States
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Summary

Dauphin County is a county of Pennsylvania[1]. It draws 1,362 Wikipedia views per month (county of pennsylvania category, ranking #15 of 67).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pennsylvania[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Harrisburg[5]
  • Shares border with: Northumberland County[6], Schuylkill County[7], Lebanon County[8], Lancaster County[9], York County[10], Cumberland County[11], Perry County[12], Juniata County[13]
  • Named after: Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France[14]
  • Commons category: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania[15]
  • Inception: March 4, 1785[16]
  • Coordinate location: 40.41, -76.79[17]
  • Official website: https://www.dauphincounty.gov[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dauphin County, Pennsylvania[19]
  • Population: 268,100[20], 268,265[21], 269,084[22], 269,797[23], 270,937[24], 272,983[25], 286,401[26]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania[29]
  • Number of households: 113,759[30]
  • Native label: Dauphin County[31], ドーフィン郡[32]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109953[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Dauphin County, Pennsylvania[34]
  • Area: 1444[35]
  • Water as percent of area: 5.9[36]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania[37]
  • Social media followers: 6469[38], 6229[39]
  • Per capita income: 35,061[40]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.tab[41]

Why It Matters

Dauphin County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Related Entities

Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France Pennsylvania United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Dauphin County, Pen
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presi"
  2. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → dauphin-county
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: dauphin-county, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289924631|dauphin county (#289924631)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+268100'}, {'amount': '+268265'}, {'amount': '+269084'} +4
    Inception → —
    Water as percent of area → {'amount': '+5.9'}
    Country → United States
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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