Dauphin County

Dauphin County (/ˈdɔːfɪn/; Pennsylvania Dutch: Daffin Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 286,401. The county seat is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's state capital and ninth-most populous city. The county was created on March 4, 1785, from part of Lancaster County and was named after Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, the first son of King Louis XVI. Dauphin County is included in the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located within the county is Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, site of the 1979 nuclear core meltdown. The nuclear power plant closed in 2019. The county is part of the South Central region of the commonwealth.

Key Cities/Towns

City

• Harrisburg (county seat)

Boroughs

Berrysburg Dauphin Elizabethville Gratz Halifax Highspire Hummelstown Lykens

Middletown Millersburg Paxtang Penbrook Pillow Royalton Steelton Williamstown

Townships

Conewago Derry East Hanover Halifax Jackson Jefferson Londonderry Lower Paxton

Lower Swatara Lykens Middle Paxton Mifflin Reed Rush South Hanover Susquehanna

Swatara Upper Paxton Washington Wayne West Hanover Wiconisco Williams

Megan's Law Statistics

(Copy from PA Megan's Law Database, click on Community Tools at top then the 3rd "Count of..." link and tally residents only)

County Total	Lifetime	Out of State	Pre-SORNA SVP	SVDC	SVP	Ten-Year	T1	T2	T3
919	266	79	108	0	18	54	152	118	124

Last updated: 04/23/26

Registration Sites

(copy from https://www.meganslaw.psp.pa.gov/VerificationSites/VerificationSiteSearch)

• Dauphin Co Prison, 501 MALL RD, HARRISBURG PA 17111, 717-780-6800
• State Police Harrisburg, 8000 Bretz Drive, HARRISBURG PA 17112, 717-671-7500
• State Police Lykens, 4673 State Route 209, ELIZABETHVILLE PA 17023, 717-362-8700

County parole/probation office contact information

Replace with relevant links:

• Adult Probation
• State Parole Offices

Local Reentry Resources

If you know of any local reentry organizations in the county, please contact us at [email protected]. Replace with relevant links:

• Accountable Prison Ministries- Pen Pal connections, Mentoring, Job placement assistance, Ride Assistance & Transport, and more
• AMiracle4Sure- Mentorship
• CRAM Inc.- Employment Assistance, Vocational/Education Classes, Computer Literacy Classes, Transportation Assistance, and more

SOAB Approved Treatment Providers

Reference SOAB website

• Kim Ernest, Ph.D.
• Gerald Menaquale, Jr., M.Ed., CSOTS
• Molly Simmons, MS, LPC, NCC, CSOT

Other PFR-specific resources

• PARSOL
• NARSOL
• Pennsylvania Fearless Support Group
• RegistryMatters Podcast

State Representatives and Senators

Find your state representatives and senators here: palegis.us.

PARSOL Information

Region & Contact

• Region: South Central
• Contact:

County Contact

• First Name Last Initial