▁War ▁College , ▁are ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁town ship ▁adjacent ▁to ▁Carl is le ▁bor ough . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁town ship ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁of ▁which ▁ ▁is ▁land ▁and ▁, ▁or ▁ 1 . 4 3 %, ▁is ▁water . ▁ ▁''' Un in cor por ated ▁communities ▁in ▁North ▁Middle ton ▁Township : ▁Sch lus ser , ▁a ▁census - design ated ▁place ▁Cap riv i ▁ ▁History ▁When ▁C umber land ▁County ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 0 , ▁it ▁originally ▁consisted ▁of ▁three ▁town ships : ▁East ▁and ▁West ▁Pen ns borough ▁Town ships , ▁and ▁Middle ton ▁Township . ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 0 , ▁due ▁to ▁population ▁increase , ▁Middle ton ▁Township ▁was ▁divided ▁into ▁North ▁Middle ton ▁Township ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁of ▁Carl is le , ▁and ▁South ▁Middle ton ▁Township ▁to ▁the ▁south . ▁In ▁the ▁mid ▁ 1 8 th ▁century , ▁the ▁area ▁that ▁is ▁now ▁the ▁town ship ▁was ▁inhab ited ▁primarily ▁by ▁Scot ch ▁Irish ▁sett lers ▁who ▁were ▁granted ▁land ▁pat ents ▁in ▁that ▁region ▁by ▁the ▁family ▁of ▁William ▁P enn , ▁the ▁propriet ors ▁of ▁Pennsylvania ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁The ▁rapid ▁settlement ▁of ▁this ▁area ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁was ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁Pen ns ' ▁plan ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁Scot ch ▁Irish ▁who ▁were ▁viewed ▁as ▁row dy ▁and ▁uns oph istic ated ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁ref ined ▁Lanc aster ▁and