Place:Adams, Pennsylvania, United States

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Name	Adams
Alt names	Adams	source: Getty Vocabulary Program
Type	County
Coordinates	39.75°N 77.367°W
Located in	Pennsylvania, United States (1800 - )
See also	York, Pennsylvania, United States	Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)

Contained Places

Borough: Abbottstown; Arendtsville; Bendersville; Biglerville; Bonneauville; Carroll Valley; East Berlin; Fairfield; Gettysburg ( 1750 - ); Littlestown; McSherrystown; New Oxford; York Springs
Cemetery: Benders Lutheran Church Cemetery; Bendersville Cemetery; Bendersville Evangelical Cemetery; Bethlehem Church Cemetery; Biglerville Cemetery; Bishop Family Burial Ground; Black's Cemetery; Butler Township Friends Cemetery; Chamberlin Hill Cemetery; Chestnut Grove Lutheran Church Cemetery; Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery; Christ United Church of Christ Cemetery; Clines United Methodist Church Cemetery; Cold Springs Lutheran Cemetery; Conewago Chapel Basilica Cemetery; East Berlin Union Cemetery; Emanuel Reformed Church Cemetery; Episcopalian Cemetery; Evergreen Cemetery; Fairfield Union Cemetery; Fairview Cemetery; Flohrs Lutheran Church Cemetery; Fountaindale Lutheran Cemetery; Fountaindale Union Cemetery; Friends Cemetery; Friends Grove Cemetery; Gardners Cemetery; German Society Lutheran Calvinist Cemetery; Gettysburg National Cemetery; Grace Bible Chapel Cemetery; Grace Lutheran Church Cemetery; Griest Cemetery; Hampton Meeting House Cemetery; Heidlersburg Cemetery; Huntington Quaker Meeting House Cemetery
Inhabited place: Amatus; Ariosa; Aspers; Barlow Knoll; Barlow; Beechersville; Bendersville Station-Aspers; Berlin Junction; Bermudian; Black Horse Tavern; Bowlder; Bridgeport; Brushtown; Brysonia; Cashtown; Cashtown-McKnightstown; Cedar Ridge; Centennial; Center Mills; Cross Keys; Deardorffs Mill; Edgegrove; Fairplay; Five Points; Floradale; Fountain Dale; Gardners; Gargol; Georgetown; Germantown; Gladhill; Goldenville; Graefenburg; Granite Hill; Green Springs; Greenmount; Guernsey; Guldens; Hammer Hall; Hampton; Heidlersburg; Hilltown; Hunterstown; Idaville; Irishtown; Iron Springs; Jacks Mountain; Kingsdale; Knoxlyn; Lake Heritage; Lake Meade; Latimore; Maria Furnace; Marshall; McKnightstown Station; McKnightstown; McSherry; Menges Mill; Midway; Mount Hope; Mount Misery; Mount Pleasant; Mount Tabor; Mummasburg; Newchester; Oak Grove; Orrtanna; Peach Glen; Plainview; Ram; Rock Creek; Round Top; Sedgwick; Seven Stars; Shanks Mill; Shrivers Corners; Slate Ridge; Square Corner; Stremmels; Table Rock; Tartown; The Pines; Tifllie; Trust; Two Taverns; Virginia Mills; Waldheim; Wenksville; Whitehall; Zora
Township: Berwick; Butler; Conewago; Cumberland; Franklin; Freedom; Germany ( 1800 - ); Hamiltonban; Highland; Huntington; Latimore (township); Liberty; Menallen; Mount Joy; Mount Pleasant (township); Oxford; Reading; Straban; Union
Unknown: Buchanan Valley

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Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 103,852. Its county seat is Gettysburg. The county was created on January 22, 1800, from part of York County, and was named for the second President of the United States, John Adams. On July 1–3, 1863, a crucial battle of the American Civil War 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 Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA Combined Statistical Area.

1 Bibliography
2 Timeline
3 Population History
4 Cemeteries
5 Research Tips
6 Resources

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Bibliography

See:Bibliography:Adams County, PA

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Timeline

Date	Event	Source
1800	County formed	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1800	First census	Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1800	Land records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1800	No significant boundary changes after this year	Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1800	Probate records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

Census Year	Population
1800	13,172
1810	15,152
1820	19,370
1830	21,379
1840	23,044
1850	25,981
1860	28,006
1870	30,315
1880	32,455
1890	33,486
1900	34,496
1910	34,319
1920	34,583
1930	37,128
1940	39,435
1950	44,197
1960	51,906
1970	56,937
1980	68,292
1990	78,274

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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Research Tips

Outstanding guide to Adams County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.

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Resources

Adams County PAGenWeb

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Family History Library Catalog

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