Adams County, Pennsylvania

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Adams County, Pennsylvania is a historic county in south-central Pennsylvania best known as the site of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg National Military Park.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county of Pennsylvania
borders Carroll County, Maryland
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Frederick County, Maryland
York County, Pennsylvania
contains Berwick Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Borough of Arendtsville
Borough of Bendersville
Borough of Biglerville
Borough of Bonneauville
Borough of Carroll Valley
Borough of East Berlin
Borough of Fairfield
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
surface form: Borough of Gettysburg

Borough of Hanover (part)
Borough of Littlestown
Borough of McSherrystown
Borough of New Oxford
Borough of York Springs
Butler Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Conewago Creek
Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Freedom Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Germany Township, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg National Military Park
surface form: Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District

Gettysburg College
Gettysburg National Military Park
Hamilton Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Highland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Huntington Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Latimore Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Liberty Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Menallen Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Michaux State Forest (part)
Mount Joy Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Mount Pleasant Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Oxford Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Reading Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
South Mountain
surface form: South Mountain (Pennsylvania)

Straban Township, Pennsylvania
Tyrone Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Union Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
country United States of America
countySeat Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
surface form: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
FIPSCode 42001
GNISID 1219638
hasAreaCode 223
717
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.adamscounty.us/
knownFor Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg National Military Park
largestMunicipality Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
surface form: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
locatedIn Appalachian Mountains region of Pennsylvania
South Central Pennsylvania
surface form: south-central Pennsylvania
namedAfter John Adams
partOf Gettysburg micropolitan area
surface form: United States Census Bureau’s Gettysburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
state Pennsylvania
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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Conewago Creek flowsThrough Adams County, Pennsylvania
Penn Hall region Adams County, Pennsylvania
Penn Hall locatedIn Adams County, Pennsylvania
Borough of East Berlin locatedIn Adams County, Pennsylvania
Borough of East Berlin partOf Adams County, Pennsylvania
Michaux State Forest locatedIn Adams County, Pennsylvania
Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania locatedIn Adams County, Pennsylvania
Caledonia State Park locatedInCounty Adams County, Pennsylvania
Toms Creek sourceLocatedIn Adams County, Pennsylvania