Pennsylvania · Census place 4230896

Greencastle, Pennsylvania

Greencastle is a borough in Franklin County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,226 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 235th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,226
#235 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-0.0%
-2 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
2,658 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Greencastle. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Greencastle population, 2020 to 2024

Greencastle lost 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.0%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,230. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Greencastle covers 1.59 square miles of land, for 2,658 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Greencastle is less dense than the typical town.

What county Greencastle is in

All of Greencastle's residents live in Franklin County, which had 159,285 residents in 2024. Greencastle holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Greencastle

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Greencastle by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17225. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Greencastle is

The Census internal point of Greencastle is at 39.790700, -77.726700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 55.3 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waynesboro, PA (11,101 people), 8.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 68.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.790700, -77.726700
DMS
39°47'26.52"N 77°43'36.12"W
UTM
18N 266524.5E 4408084.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
87F4Q7RF+78

Daylight in Greencastle

At 39.79° N, Greencastle gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Greencastle

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Waynesboro, 8.1 miles away, with 11,101 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Greencastle, PA?

4,226 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2 (0.0%) from 4,228 in July 2020.

What county is Greencastle in?

Franklin County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Greencastle?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17225.

How far is Greencastle from Harrisburg?

55.3 miles (89.0 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Greencastle.

What is the nearest larger city to Greencastle?

Waynesboro, PA, with 11,101 residents, 8.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.