Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania
Blue Ridge Summit is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States, southwest of Gettysburg in the central part of the state, adjoining Pennsylvania's southern border with Maryland. It is less than 3 miles (5 km) east of Pen Mar, Maryland. The population of Blue Ridge Summit was 887 at the 2020 census.
Blue Ridge Summit | |
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Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration | |
Blue Ridge Summit | |
| Coordinates: 39°43′27″N 77°28′17″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Franklin |
| Township | Washington |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.73 sq mi (1.90 km2) |
| • Land | 0.73 sq mi (1.90 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,345 ft (410 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 887 |
| • Density | 1,208.45/sq mi (466.34/km2) |
| ZIP code | 17214 |
| Area code | 717 |
| FIPS code | 42-07312 |
The community was the birthplace of Wallis Simpson, the wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (previously King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom). It is also home to one of the 15 oldest golf courses in the United States. Built before 1885, the Monterey Country Club has served as a summer retreat for many Washingtonians, and American presidents Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge and Dwight D. Eisenhower all played the Monterey Country Club course.