Hanover is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, 19 miles southwest of York and 54 miles north-northwest of Baltimore, Maryland. The town is situated in a productive agricultural region. The population was 15,289 at the 2010 census. The borough is served by a 717 area code and the Zip Codes of 17331-34. Hanover is named after the German city of Hannover. Hanover is located at 39°48′26″N 76°59′5″W / 39.80722°N 76.98472°W / 39.80722; -76.98472 . Hanover is 5 miles north of the Mason-Dixon line. According to the United... States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 3.7 square miles , all land. Hanover was settled in about 1730 and incorporated in 1815. In 1727, John Digges, an Irish nobleman of Prince George's County, Maryland, obtained a grant of 10,000 acres of land where Hanover is now located from Charles Calvert, the fourth Lord Baltimore. The area was called Digges Choice, and in 1730, a group of Catholics started the settlement that became known as the Conewego Settlement. Settlers from both Maryland and Pennsylvania began moving into the area in the 1730s.
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| County: | York County |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Population: | 15,105 |
| Area: | 3.7 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | North American Eastern Time Zone |
| Also known as: | Hanover, Pennsylvania, Hanover, York County / Hanover borough |