page_title: Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania / History
caption_attribution_description: English: United Methodist Church in Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania
context_page_description: Shirleysburg is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 150 at the 2010 census.
context_section_description: Shirleysburg was originally the site of, and takes its name from Fort Shirley, a French and Indian War fort. The narrow gauge East Broad Top Railroad (EBT) was constructed through Shirleysburg in 1873 and continued to serve the town until it ceased operations in 1956. Since 1960 EBT tourist trains have operated from Rockhill to Colgate Grove, just south of town, where a wye was constructed to turn trains. The inactive tracks pass through the community on their way to Mount Union.
  The Benjamin B. Leas House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
caption: Shirleysburg United Methodist Church
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