Adams County is a

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in the Commonwealth of

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 103,852. Its

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is Gettysburg. The county was created on January 22, 1800, from part of York County, and was named for the second

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. On July 1–3, 1863, a crucial battle of the

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was fought near Gettysburg; Adams County as a result is a center of Civil War tourism. Adams County comprises the Gettysburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the

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Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.6%) is water. The Borough of Gettysburg is located at the center of Adams County. This county seat community is surrounded on three sides by the

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(GNMP). The

Eisenhower National Historic Site Eisenhower National Historic Site preserves the home and farm of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, and its surrounding property of . It is located in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, just outside ...

adjoins GNMP on its southwest edge. Most of Adams County's rural landscapes and its mid-19th century roadway pattern remain intact today. Thirteen historic roadways converge at or near Gettysburg Borough. Two circular rings of towns surround Gettysburg; the first is typically found at a distance of about from Gettysburg. The second ring is found at a distance of 12 to from the County Seat. This "spokes and wheel" pattern is one of the few examples of

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in the Eastern United States. The county is in the watershed of the

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and is drained by the Susquehanna and

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Adjacent counties

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(north) * York County (east) * Carroll County, Maryland (southeast) * Frederick County, Maryland (southwest) * Franklin County (west)

National protected areas

Climate

Adams has a hot-summer

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(''Dfa'').

Government

Commissioners

Adams County is administered by a three-person Board of Commissioners, who serve four-year terms. Elections occur in the odd-numbered years that precede U.S. presidential elections, with the next election falling in 2023. All three Commissioners are chosen in the same election, and voters may vote for no more than two of the candidates. The Commissioners are responsible for the management of the fiscal and administrative functions of the county.

Elected County Officials

''As of the November 2017 election:''

Politics

Presidential politics Adams is a consistently

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county, like most of South Central Pennsylvania. In

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carried the county with 66.3% of the vote to Joe Biden's 32.2%. In 2016, Democratic nominee

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only received 29.6% of the vote, the lowest share any Democrat had received in the county since George McGovern 44 years prior. No Democratic presidential candidate has won Adams County since

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’s 1964 landslide. However, Democratic strength exists in Gettysburg, which Biden carried 63%-35%.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Adams County consists of two Pennsylvania House Districts. The 91st district is exclusively in Adams County, comprising the southern and middle parts of the county, including Gettysburg. The 193rd District spans into

to the north.

Pennsylvania Senate

Adams County is entirely contained within the 33rd Senatorial District, which also includes parts of

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and

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Counties.

United States House of Representatives

From 2012 until 2018, Adams County was part of the 4th Congressional District until the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the Commonwealth's Congressional Districts constituted an illegal partisan

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. As a result, Adams County was moved from the 4th District to the 13th Congressional District and elected a new Representative in the 2018 election.

United States Senate

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, Democratic

Voter registration

As of November 7, 2022 there were 72,464 registered voters in the county. Republicans hold a majority of the voters. There were 41,265 registered Republicans, 19,561 registered Democrats, 8,422 voters without any partisan affiliation, and 3,216 voters registered to other parties. "Other Parties" also includes voters who left their preferred party blank; only those who chose No Affiliation are included under No Partisan Affiliation.

Demographics

As of the 2010

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, there were 101,407 people, 33,652 households, and 24,767 families in the county. The

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was 194 people per square mile (75/km²). There were 35,831 housing units at an average density of 69 per square mile (27/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 95.39%

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, 1.21%

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, 0.20% Native American, 0.49%

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, 0.02%

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, 1.71% from

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, and 0.97% from two or more races. 3.64% of the population were

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of any race. 42.7% were of

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, 14.1% American, 8.5%

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and 7.1%

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ancestry. 95.0% spoke English and 3.6%

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as their first language. There were 33,652 households, of which 33.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.10% were married couples living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.40% were non-families. 21.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.02. The county population was spread out, with 24.90% under the age of 18, 9.20% from 18 to 24, 28.90% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 13.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.80 males. Adams County is one of two counties in Pennsylvania where

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make up 1% of the population.

2020 Census

Metropolitan and Combined Statistical Area

The US OMB has designated Adams County as the Gettysburg, PA

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(MSA). As of the 2010 census the metropolitan area population of 101,407 ranked 19th most populous in the State of Pennsylvania and the 349th most populous in the United States. Adams County is also a part of the larger Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which combines the populations of Adams County with those of

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, Dauphin,

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and York Counties in Pennsylvania. The

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ranked 5th in the State of Pennsylvania and 43rd most populous in the United States with a population of 1,219,422.

Education

Colleges and universities

Gettysburg College Gettysburg College is a private liberal arts college in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1832, the campus is adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield. Gettysburg College has about 2,600 students, with roughly equal numbers of men and women. ...

* Lutheran Theological Seminary

Community, junior and technical colleges

Harrisburg Area Community College , mottoeng = Knowledge Restores Truth , established = 1964, accredited in 1967 , type = Public, Community College , president = John J. "Ski" Sygielski, Ed.D. , city = Harrisburg , state = PA , country = USA , undergrad = 19,000 , admin ...

Public school districts

* Bermudian Springs School District *

Conewago Valley School District The Conewago Valley School District is a midsized, rural public school district. Conewago Valley School District encompasses approximately . It serves the Boroughs of Abbottstown, the northern portion of Bonneauville, McSherrystown and New O ...

Fairfield Area School District Fairfield Area School District is a small, rural, public school district. It is located in the south western portion of Adams County, Pennsylvania. It serves: the boroughs of Fairfield and Carroll Valley, as well as Hamiltonban Township and ...

* Gettysburg Area School District *

Littlestown Area School District Littlestown Area School District is a small, rural, public school district located in southeastern Adams County, Pennsylvania, Adams County. The district is one of the 500 List of school districts in Pennsylvania, public school districts of Penn ...

Upper Adams School District The Upper Adams School District is a small, rural public school district serving parts of Adams County, Pennsylvania, including the boroughs of Bendersville, Biglerville, Arendtsville. It also serves the residents of Tyrone Township, Butler ...

Public charter schools

* Gettysburg Montessori Charter School – Gettysburg (K-6) * Vida Charter School – Gettysburg (K-6) County residents may apply to attend any of the Commonwealth's 14 (as of 2015) public, cyber charter schools at no additional cost to the parents.

Private schools

As reported by Pennsylvania Department of Education April 2015 *Academy for Media Production – McSherrystown *

Adams County Christian Academy Adams County Christian Academy is a growing private Christian school located near the borough of Gettysburg, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The school was founded in 1984. The school's mascot is the ram. Mission Statement: Grounde ...

– Gettysburg *Delone Catholic High School – McSherrystown *Forest Lane Mennonite School – Gettysburg *Freedom Christian School – Gettysburg *Gettysburg SDA Church School – Gettysburg *Independent Baptist Day School – Biglerville *JIL Christian School – Biglerville *Littlestown Christian Academy – Littlestown *Oxford Christian Academy – New Oxford *Paradise School – Abbottstown *St. Teresa of Calcutta School -McSherrystown *St James Child Care Center – Gettysburg *St Joseph Academy Preschool – McSherrystown

Intermediate Unit

Lincoln

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(IU#12) region includes: Adams,

, and York Counties. The agency offers school districts, home schooled students and private schools many services including: Special education services, combined purchasing, and instructional technology services. It runs Summer Academy which offers both art and academic strands designed to meet the needs of gifted, talented and high achieving students. Additional services include: Curriculum Mapping, Professional Development for school employees, Adult Education, Nonpublic School Services, Business Services, Migrant & ESL (English as a Second Language), Instructional Services, Special Education, Management Services, and Technology Services. It provides a

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program for adults to earn a high school diploma, and offers literacy programs. The Lincoln Intermediate Unit is governed by a 13-member Board of Directors, each a member of a local school board from the 25 school districts. Board members are elected by school directors of all 25 school districts for three-year terms that begin July 1. There are 29 intermediate units in Pennsylvania. They are funded by school districts, state and federal program specific funding and grants; they do not have the power to tax.

Libraries

*A R Wentz Library – Gettysburg *Adams County Historical Society – Gettysburg *Adams County Library at Carroll Valley – Carroll Valley *Adams County Law Library – Gettysburg *Gettysburg Library - Gettysburg *Harbaugh-Thomas Library – Biglervilleh *Jean Barnett Trone Memorial Library of East Berlin – East Berlin *Littlestown Community Library – Littlestown *Musselman Library – Gettysburg *New Oxford Area Library – New Oxford

Transportation

Air

There are currently no scheduled commercial flights into Adams County. The nearest airports with regular commercial service are in Hagerstown, Maryland (

Hagerstown Regional Airport Hagerstown Regional Airport ( Richard A. Henson Field) is in Washington County, Maryland, five miles north of Hagerstown, Maryland and a half mile (800 m) from the Maryland/Pennsylvania border. The airport is off Interstate 81 at exit 10 and ...

), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (

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), and Lancaster, Pennsylvania ( Lancaster Airport).

Bus

Public bus service in Adams County is available through the Adams County Transit Authority.

Major Highways

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Recreation

Recreational areas of Adams County include *

Caledonia State Park Caledonia State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Greene Township, Franklin County and Franklin Township, Adams County in southern Pennsylvania. The park is named for the Caledonia Furnace, an iron furnace that was owned by Thaddeus St ...

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named for an iron furnace that was owned by

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. Most of this park is in neighboring Franklin County, but a portion of it extends into Adams. It is near

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between

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and Gettysburg. *

, the home and farm of 34th President of the United States

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. *

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battlefield fought July 1–3, 1863 *

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, federally designated

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in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. *

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, landform used during the

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* Michaux State Forest *

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, providing hunting, trapping and other activities. * Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve

Communities

Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities:

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, and, in at most two cases,

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. The following boroughs and townships are located in Adams County, as well as unincorporated areas and CDPs:

Boroughs

* Abbottstown * Arendtsville * Bendersville * Biglerville * Bonneauville * Carroll Valley *

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* Fairfield * Gettysburg (county seat) * Littlestown * McSherrystown * New Oxford * York Springs

Townships

* Berwick *

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* Conewago *

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* Huntington * Latimore *

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* Menallen * Mount Joy * Mount Pleasant *

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* Straban * Tyrone *

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Census-designated places

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s are geographical areas designated by the

for the purposes of compiling demographic data, but are not actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law. Other unincorporated communities, such as villages, may be listed here as well. *

Aspers Aspers is a census-designated place in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 486. At the 2000 census it was listed as the Bendersville Station-Aspers CDP. Geography Aspers is located at (39.97 ...

* Cashtown * Floradale * Gardners *

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* Heidlersburg * Hunterstown * Idaville * Lake Heritage * Lake Meade * Midway * McKnightstown * Orrtanna *

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Unincorporated areas

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* Barlow * Beechersville * Berlin Junction * Bermudian * Bittinger *

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* Brush Run * Brushtown * Brysonia * Cedar Ridge *

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* Center Mills * Charnita * Cross Keys * Deardorffs Mill * Edgegrove *

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* Floradale * Fountain Dale * Gargol * Georgetown *

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* Gladhill * Goldenville * Green Springs * Greenmount * Greenstone *

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* Guldens * Hershey Heights * Hilltown * Indian Village * Irishtown * Iron Springs *

Jacks Mountain Jacks Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States, trending southeast of the Stone Mountain ridge and Jacks Mountain Anticline. The ridge line separates Kishacoquillas Valley from the Ferguson and Dry Valleys. Jacks ...

Kingsdale Kingsdale is a valley on the western edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park in northern England. The name Kingsdale derives from a combination of Old Norse and Old English (''Kyen'' and ''Dael'') which means ''The valley where the cows were ...

* Knoxlyn * Latimore *

Maria Furnace Maria Furnace is a South Mountain populated place on Toms Creek in Adams County, Pennsylvania Adams County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 103,852. Its county seat is Gettysburg ...

* Menges Mill * Mount Hope * Mount Misery * Mount Pleasant *

Mount Tabor Mount Tabor ( he, הר תבור) (Har Tavor) is located in Lower Galilee, Israel, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, west of the Sea of Galilee. In the Hebrew Bible (Joshua, Judges), Mount Tabor is the site of the Battle of Mount Tabo ...

* Mummasburg * New Chester * Oak Grove * Peach Glen * Plainview * Quaker Valley * Sedgwick * Sell * Seven Stars * Shanks Mill * Slate Ridge * Square Corner * Stremmels * The Pines * Two Taverns * Virginia Mills * Wenksville *

Whitehall Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London. The road forms the first part of the A roads in Zone 3 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea, London, Chelsea. It is the main ...

* Zora

Population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Adams County. † ''county seat''

Notable people

* Joel Funk Asper, former U.S. Congressman *

Gabor Boritt Gabor S. Boritt (born 1940 in Budapest, Hungary) is an American historian. He was the Robert Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. Born and raised in Hungary, he participated as a t ...

, historian of Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War, professor at

Jake Boritt Jake Boritt is an American documentary filmmaker and producer. Biography Boritt was a producer on Rory Kennedy's Moxie-Firecracker production "The Homestead Strike", part of the Emmy winning History Channel series "10 Days That Changed Ameri ...

, American documentary producer *

Henry R. Brinkerhoff Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff (September 23, 1787 – April 30, 1844) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, cousin of Jacob Brinkerhoff. Born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, Brinkerhoff moved with his parents to Cayuga County, New York, in 1793. He a ...

, former U.S. Congressman * David A. Day, former American

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...

missionary to

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

* John A. Hauser, former president of C. H. Musselman Company *

and

Mamie Eisenhower Mary Geneva "Mamie" Eisenhower (; November 14, 1896 – November 1, 1979) was the first lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 as the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Born in Boone, Iowa, she was raised in a wealthy household i ...

, their retirement home outside Gettysburg is preserved as

Erik Harris Erik Harris (born April 2, 1990) is an American football free safety for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at California (PA). He has also been a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canad ...

, professional football player,

Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons joined th ...

Eddie Plank Edward Stewart Plank (August 31, 1875 – February 24, 1926), nicknamed "Gettysburg Eddie", was an American professional baseball player. A pitcher, Plank played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 through 1914, t ...

, former

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

pitcher; third winningest left-handed pitcher of all time and 1946

Baseball Hall of Fame The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests. It serves as the central point of the history of baseball in the United States and displays baseball-r ...

inductee *

John Studebaker John Mohler Studebaker (10 October 1833 – 16 March 1917) was the Pennsylvania Dutch co-founder and later executive of what would become the Studebaker Corporation automobile company. He was the third son of the founding Studebaker family, and pl ...

, co-founder of company that became the

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References

External links

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Adams County Community Foundation

Adams County Visitor Information
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