[3] The village grew to 160 homes and had high standards of living, a public school, medical clinic, stores, a movie theater, and a golf course.

There is also a baseball stadium where a team sponsored by the Hershey Company played home games.

[3] Hershey, located between the cities of Havana and Matanzas, is 3 km from Santa Cruz del Norte and the Atlantic coast.

Other nearby villages are La Sierra, Jibacoa, San Antonio del Río Blanco, and Loma de Travieso.

The village has a station on the main line of the Hershey Electric Railway, with a branch to Jaruco, and is 5 km from the "Vía Blanca" highway that connects Havana to Varadero.