CHAMBERSBURG, a borough of Franklin county, Penn sylvania, U.S.A., on an elevated site in the broad and fertile Cum berland valley, 52 m. S.W. of Harrisburg; it is on Federal high ways i 1 and 3o, and is served by the Pennsylvania and the West ern Maryland railways. The population in 1920 was 13,171; 193o it was 13,788. It is the county seat, and has large grain elevators and various factories with an output in 1925 valued at $6,845,716. Wilson college, a Presbyterian institution for women, chartered in 1869, is situated here. Chambersburg was founded in 173o by Benjamin Chambers. He built a stone fort after Gen. Braddock's defeat (1755) and surrounded it with a stockade as a defence against the Indians. At Chambersburg Gen. Lee massed his troops for his attack on Gettysburg. On July 3o, 1864, a large part of the borough was burned by Confederates. The birthplace of President Buchanan is near by, and 1 om. E. is Caledonia park, a State forest preserve of 260 acres.