Hanover, Pennsylvania

Hanover is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, and lies southwest of York and north-northwest of Baltimore, Maryland and is 5 miles north of the Mason-Dixon line. Hanover is a productive agricultural area. Hanover is named after the German city of Hannover.

HISTORY

As settlers moved into the area from Maryland and Pennsylvania, they could not agree on the northern border of Maryland and the southern border of Pennsylvania, and the area that is now Hanover was in the disputed area claimed by both states. The disputes about property ownership continued from the 1730’s until 1760. The dispute ended when Pennsylvania and Maryland decided to hire experts to survey what became known as the Mason-Dixon Line. The line was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 and ended the disputes over rights and ownership. In 1745, a Scot-Irishman named Richard McAllister purchased a tract of land upon which the original town of Hanover was built.