Toland, Pennsylvania
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Toland is a small village and unincorporated community located in Cumberland County and the South Mountain Range, in south−central Pennsylvania.[1]
Less than 50 people reside in the close-knit community.
Toland has a mailing address of Gardners, Pennsylvania, because the size of the community does not warrant a post office, nor a census designated place name.
The very small village, less than 0.25 miles (0.40 km) long, is located on Pine Grove Road, east of Mountain Creek Campground.
The closest town is Mount Holly Springs located 3 miles (4.8 km) to the north, where most residents drive to for supplies.
The village is roughly 10 miles (16 km) south of Carlisle and 15 miles (24 km) north of Gettysburg; and 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Boiling Springs.[1]
History
Toland was built for the clay bank company workers in the first quarter of the 20th century.
The original community of Toland consisted of 11 duplex houses, built side by side along Pine Grove Road, with less than 0.17 of an acre of land to each. Additional homes have been built since. When the community was originally built there was only a common well with a hand pump for all of the families to draw from.
What is now a sand pit operation was originally a clay bank mining operation that was the reason for the location of the village of Toland.
