1727History
== History ==
In 1727, John Digges, an Irish nobleman of Prince George's County, Maryland, obtained a grant of 10,000 acres (40 km2) of land where Hanover is now located from C...
1730Culture
The area was called Digges Choice, and in 1730, a group of Catholics started the settlement that became known as the Conewego Settlement.
1745Architecture
In 1745, a Scot-Irishman named Richard McAllister (father of Matthew McAllister) purchased the tract of land upon which the original town of Hanover was built.
1749History
The name Hanover was suggested by Michael Tanner, who was one of the commissioners who laid out York County in 1749 and owned large tracts of land southeast of the town.
1760History
This led to numerous disputes about property ownership from the 1730s until 1760.
1763History
This line was surveyed between 1763 and 1767, and put an end to decades of disputes over rights and ownership.
1776History
=== Hanover and the American Revolution ===
Thomas Jefferson spent the night of April 12, 1776 at the Sign of the Horse, an inn, owned by Caspar Reinecker on Frederick Street.
1797History
Hanover's first newspaper, Die Pennsylvania Wochenschrift, was published in German in 1797.
1805History
In 1805, the "Hanover Gazette" followed suit, also published in German.
1812Military
After the war, the population increased steadily until the War of 1812.
1814History
At the time of the advance of the British on Baltimore in 1814, Hanover and vicinity furnished two companies of infantry commanded by Captain Frederick Metzgar and John Bair.
1858Military
In 1858 the Gettysburg Railroad opened a railroad link westward to Gettysburg.
1863Military
=== Civil War era ===
During the American Civil War, the Battle of Hanover was fought on June 30, 1863.
1876Architecture
The Hanover and York Railroad completed a rail line to York in 1876.
1921History
It has been home to Utz Brands since 1921 which still produces its products there (along with an Utz outlet store) and Snyder's of Hanover since 1905.
1936Government
Menchey Music Service was founded in Hanover in 1936 and maintains its headquarters at the same location.
1944Government
Emeco founded in 1944 manufactures designer furniture, including their signature Navy Chair.
1991Crime
=== Modern era ===
On July 13, 1991, Hanover's town square was the site of a two-day race riot.
1993Government
Margret Hormel was the first woman mayor, serving from 1993 to 2007.
1998Government
The Eichelberger Performing Arts Center was established in 1998 and occupies over one third of the old Eichelberger school on Stock Street.
2010History
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 census, there were 15,289 people and 6,571 households in the borough.
2018History
[blaming] the troubles on the two women for dating Black men and bringing them into Hanover," many of whom also referred to the Black residents as "coloreds."
On October 24, 20...
2019History
== References ==
== External links ==
Borough of Hanover, Pennsylvania (official website), retrieved online September 19, 2019.