Shirleysburg borough

The Methodist Church at Shirleysburg

The United Methodist church, Shirleysburg, Huntingdon County, PennsylvaniaPhotograph by the Wikimedia Commons contributor Smallbones, 2016. Released under CC0, a public domain dedication. Shirleysburg PA United Methodist.jpg

The United Methodist church in Shirleysburg, photographed in July 2016 and released by its photographer into the public domain. The record names the borough but not the county, which in this case settles it anyway: there is exactly one Shirleysburg in the United States.

Checked against the record. The file carries no coordinates, so the subject rests on the name. The Census place table holds exactly one Shirleysburg in the whole country, in Pennsylvania, so the photographer's caption cannot point anywhere else.

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Checked 2026-09-01 · Wikimedia Commons

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