{"id":9634,"count":1,"description":"Shirleysburg is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 140 at the 2000 census.\nShirleysburg 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 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.\nThe Benjamin B. Leas House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.\nShirleysburg is located at 40\u00b017\u203249\u2033N 77\u00b052\u203229\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff40.29694\u00b0N 77.87472\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 40.29694; -77.87472 (40.296892, -77.874652).\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52\u00a0km), all of it land.\nAs of the census of 2000, there were 140 people, 61 households,...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/shirleysburg\/","name":"Shirleysburg","slug":"shirleysburg","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/9634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=9634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}