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Adams County, Pennsylvania

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8newspaper titles

0digitized titles

35historic places

1800earliest paper

1800formed

103,852pop. 2020

85cemeteries

2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 8 newspaper titles published in Adams County, Pennsylvania, with the earliest starting in 1800. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 35 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Gettysburg, Fairfield, Hunterstown.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Adams

Library of Congress

8 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
The Adams Centinel	Gettysburg	1800–1805
Adams Centinel	Gettysburg	1813–1826
The Adams Sentinel	Gettysburg	1826–1867
Anti-Masonic Star	Gettysburg	1830–1830
Anti-Masonic Star, and Republican Banner	Gettysburg	1830–1831
Adams County Independent	Littlestown, Gettysburg	1890–1943
The Battlefield	Gettysburg	1896–1899
Adams County News	Gettysburg	1908–1917

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18001856191319692026

Sample front pages

Chronicling America

No digitized front pages for Adams are currently available in Chronicling America. Title listings above still come from the U.S. Newspaper Directory. Browse Chronicling America.

Courtesy Library of Congress, Chronicling America.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

24 of 35 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

35 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Abbott, John, House	Abbottstown	Building	1980
Adams County Courthouse	Gettysburg	Building	1974
Black Horse Tavern	Gettysburg	Building	1978
Bridge in Cumberland Township	Greenmount	Structure	1988
Carbaugh Run Rhyolite Quarry Site (36AD30)	Cashtown	Site	1986
Cline's Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Menallen	Building	2002
Conewago Chapel	Hanover	Building	1975
Dobbin House	Gettysburg	Building	1973
East Berlin Historic District	East Berlin	District	1985
Eisenhower National Historic Site NHL	Gettysburg	District	1967
Fairfield Historic District	Fairfield	District	2000
Fairfield Inn	Fairfield	Building	1973
Gettysburg Armory	Gettysburg	Building	1990
Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District	Gettysburg and vicinity	District	1975
Gettysburg National Military Park	Gettysburg	District	1966
Great Conewago Presbyterian Church	Hunterstown	Building	1974
Heikes Covered Bridge	Heidlersburg	Structure	1980
Horner House and Barn	Cumberland Township	Building	2007
Hunterstown Historic District	Hunterstown	District	1979
Jacks Mountain Covered Bridge	Iron Springs	Structure	1980
John's Burnt Mill Bridge	New Oxford	Structure	1974
Lincoln Cemetery	Gettysburg	Site	2025
Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church	Orrtanna	Building	1980
Lutheran Theological Seminary-Old Dorm	Gettysburg	Building	1974
Middlekauff, Jacob and Juliana, House	Franklin Township	Building	2017
Pennsylvania Hall, Gettysburg College	Gettysburg	Building	1972
Pleasant Grove School	Germantown	Building	2012
Pond Mill Bridge	Bermudian	Structure	1988
Rock Creek-White Run Union Hospital Complex	Mount Joy	District	2000
Sauck's Covered Bridge	Gettysburg	Structure	1980
Sheads House	Gettysburg	Building	1976
Spangler-Benner Farm	Gettysburg	District	1992
Thomas Brothers Store	Biglerville	Building	2008
Wirts House	Gettysburg	Building	1992
Zeigler, John, Farm House	York Springs	Building	1992

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Adams was formed in 1800 (1800-01-22) from York.

ADAMS created from YORK.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Adams County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
13,172	19,370	23,044	28,006	32,455	34,496	34,583	39,435	44,197	51,906	68,292	91,292	103,852

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Gettysburg National Military Park	National Military Park	6.5 km
Eisenhower National Historic Site	National Historic Site	6.7 km
Catoctin Mountain Park	Park unit	32.5 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

85 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 85 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Annunciation of Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery	39.80938	-77.01755
Barts - Centenary United Methodist Church Cemetery	39.73951	-77.02605
Benders Lutheran Church Cemetery	39.92933	-77.21391
Bendersville Cemetery	39.98128	-77.25222
Bethlehem Church Cemetery	39.96015	-77.20878
Biglerville Cemetery	39.93363	-77.25157
Blacks Cemetery	39.86207	-77.27237
Butler Township Friends Cemetery	39.94458	-77.20007
Chestnut Grove Lutheran Church Cemetery	40.04429	-77.11748
Christ United Church of Christ Cemetery	39.75726	-77.05582
Clines United Methodist Church Cemetery	39.99735	-77.22107
Conewago Chapel Basilica Cemetery	39.81904	-77.03618
East Berlin Union Cemetery	39.94039	-76.98079
Emanuel Reformed Church Cemetery	39.88598	-76.98391
Evergreen Cemetery	39.81898	-77.23026
Fairfield Union Cemetery	39.77768	-77.37924
Fairview Cemetery	39.91793	-77.30139
Flohrs Lutheran Church Cemetery	39.87514	-77.33936
Fountaindale Union Cemetery	39.73659	-77.43382
Gardners Cemetery	40.03882	-77.11607
German Society Lutheran Calvinist Cemetery	39.87618	-77.33908
Gettysburg National Cemetery	39.82109	-77.23187
Gettysburg National Cemetery Annex	39.82174	-77.23245
Grace Bible Chapel Cemetery	39.99028	-77.1587
Great Conewago Presbyterian Church Cemetery	39.88673	-77.16203
Greenmount Cemetery	39.92008	-77.30236
Hampton Meeting House Cemetery	39.94004	-77.0631
Hampton Union Cemetery	39.93004	-77.0597
Heidlersburg Cemetery	39.95049	-77.14711
Holy Trinity Church Cemetery	40.00671	-77.11211
Hostetters Meeting House Cemetery	39.78262	-77.05801
Huntington Quaker Meeting House Cemetery	39.99507	-77.08175
Idaville United Methodist Cemetery	40.02041	-77.20196
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Cemetery	39.86571	-77.04538
Jacobs Church Cemetery	39.72765	-77.43699
Latimore Mennonite Meetinghouse Cemetery	40.03247	-77.07586
Lincoln Cemetery	39.82601	-77.23489
Lobach - Bushey Cemetery	40.04344	-77.09303
Lower Bermudian Lutheran Church Cemetery	39.99556	-77.04377
Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Cemetery	39.83251	-77.29899
McClelland Cemetery	39.8207	-77.28469
McKnightstown Cemetery	39.86791	-77.32286
Menallen Friends Cemetery	39.96403	-77.24626
Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery	39.8293	-77.22951
Mount Calvary Methodist Cemetery	39.90048	-77.3529
Mount Carmel Cemetery	39.74046	-77.08902
Mount Carmel United Methodist Church Cemetery	39.84921	-77.39941
Mount Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery	39.8042	-77.42995
Mount Joy Cemetery	39.74821	-77.22297
Mount Olive Cemetery	39.88212	-76.98132
Mount Olivet United Church of Christ Cemetery	39.99645	-77.04342
Mount Tabor Cemetery	40.01558	-77.24239
Mummasburg Mennonite Cemetery	39.88629	-77.28537
Mummerts Meetinghouse Cemetery	39.91734	-76.98838
New Oxford Cemetery	39.86101	-77.06727
Northern Low Dutch Cemetery	39.87153	-77.11872
Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens	39.84801	-77.27775
Old Alms House Cemetery	39.84477	-77.22715
Old White Episcopal Church Cemetery	39.95961	-77.12858
Pfoutz Meeting House Cemetery	39.83691	-77.29393
Pine Bank Cemetery	39.77617	-77.20759
Presbyterian Cemetery	40.00223	-77.11121
Rock Chapel Cemetery	39.96829	-77.14631
Round Hill Presbyterian Churchyard	39.94883	-77.08016
Saint Aloysius Cemetery	39.73623	-77.07893
Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery	39.82763	-77.23899
Saint Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church Cemetery	39.91675	-77.39462
Saint James Reformed Cemetery	39.73171	-77.15835
Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery	39.88849	-76.98414
Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery	39.74363	-77.10327
Saint John's United Church of Christ Cemetery	39.90404	-77.09334
Saint Joseph Academy Cemetery	39.79836	-77.02397
Saint Joseph the Worker Catholic Church Cemetery	39.81048	-77.13565
Saint Luke Lutheran Church Cemetery	39.80065	-77.12
Saint Mark's Reformed Cemetery	39.79159	-77.19268
Saint Mary's and Saint Rita's Catholic Cemetery	39.77691	-77.37971
Saint Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery - North	39.89457	-77.11457
Saint Vincent's Catholic Cemetery	39.7982	-77.00759
Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery	39.85226	-77.14211
Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg	39.82	-77.23145

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Tartown	39.81961	-77.45267
Zora	39.73093	-77.3686

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Gettysburg	12,481	5.5 km	PA002
Hanover	4,653	21.8 km	PA001

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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