Tartown, formerly an unincorporated community, is now an extinct community that was located in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States.

History

The remains of Tartown are located on property of the Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Borough Authority and in the adjacent

Michaux State Forest Michaux State Forest is a Pennsylvania State Forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #1. The main offices are located in Fayetteville in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA. The Michaux State Forest is in several tracts covering mo ...

in Hamiltonban Township. The name of the former town reportedly originated from the local production of

pine tar Pine tar is a form of wood tar produced by the high temperature carbonization of pine wood in anoxic conditions (dry distillation or destructive distillation). The wood is rapidly decomposed by applying heat and pressure in a closed container; th ...

. Wagamansville was a variant name. The locale has in part been inundated by the reservoir that was created by the construction of th
Waynesboro Dam
on the East Branch of the Antietam Creek.USGS 1:62500 Topographical Map. Fairfield, PA, Quadrangle. 1909.

Gallery

File:Waynesborores.jpg, Waynesboro Reservoir, Tartown

References

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