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Adams County, Pennsylvania
Adams County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Gettysburg
Year Organized: 1800
Square Miles: 520 |
Court House: 111 Baltimore Street
County Courthouse
Gettysburg, PA 17325-2312
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named in honor of President John Adams. Gettysburg
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Created on January 22, 1800 and named
in honor of President John Adams. Gettysburg, the county seat was incorporated
as a borough on March 10, 1806. It was named for James Gettys a local landowner.
Settled by migrants from both Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania, Adams has
always had a strong German ethnic strain and a farm-based economy. Although it
once led the state in wheat production, general farming eventually prevailed,
and apples are now its most famous product. Even though John Studebaker's wagon
works gave his name to a major Detroit car manufacturer, the county has never
been industrialized until recent decades. As a result, the population has grown
slowly—until the last decade. Farms cover 56 percent of the land, and Adams has
long led the state in fruit production; currently it produces over 40 percent of
Pennsylvania's harvest. It is also strong in wheat, barley, soybeans, and hay.
Food processing businesses are very successful and this, with a strong
publishing industry, wood products, and farmers' supplies, accounts for Adams's
remarkable 59 percent increase in the value it has added to the nation's economy
by manufacturing over the five years from 1987 to 1992.
The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1–3, 1863, an irreparable loss for the
Confederacy, spawned a large tourism industry. Gettysburg College, at first
named Pennsylvania College, was founded in 1832. President Dwight D.
Eisenhower's farm near Gettysburg was his private residence during and after his
presidency.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Abbottstown |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Arendtsville |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bendersville |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Biglerville |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bonneauville |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Carroll Valley |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cumberland |
township |
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- East Berlin |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fairfield |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Germany |
township |
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- Gettysburg
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Seat) |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hamiltonban |
township |
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- Highland |
township |
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- Huntington |
township |
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- Latimore |
township |
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- Littlestown |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- McSherrystown |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Menallen |
township |
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- New Oxford |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Straban |
township |
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- Union |
township |
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- York Springs |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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