Abbottstown
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Location in Pennsylvania
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1753 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Pennsylvania | ||
| County : | Adams County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 53 ′ N , 76 ° 59 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,011 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 631.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 1.6 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 1.6 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 172 m | ||
| Postal code : | 17301 | ||
| Area code : | +1 717 | ||
| FIPS : | 42-00116 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1209194 | ||
| Website : | www.abbottstownpa.net | ||
Abbottstown is a borough in Adams County , Pennsylvania , United States . The population according to the 2010 Census was 1,011.
geography
Abbottstown is on the western border of Adams County. According to a survey by the United States Census Bureau , Abbottstown has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²) and no body of water flows within the parish. US Highway 30 runs through Abbottstown and connects the community with the neighboring cities of Gettysburg and York .
population
According to the 2000 Census , the total population in the borough was 905 people in 323 households and 254 families lived in the borough. The population density was 1,592.2 people per square mile (613 per km²). 95.25% of the population were white. There were children under the age of 18 in 141 households. 64.4% of the households were married families, 10.2% were single women and 21.1% were non-family households.
The age structure in Abbottstown was broken down as follows: 29.5% of the population were younger than 18 years, 7.6% were between 18 and 24 years old, 36.4% were between 25 and 44 years old, 18.7% were between 45 and 64 years old and 7.08% of the population were over 65 years old. This resulted in an average age of 32 years. For every 100 women there were 92.1 men.
The median household income in 2000 was $ 49,063 and the median family income was $ 52,578.
history
Abbottstown was founded by John Abbott in 1753, making it older than Adams County, which was formed in 1800. At first it was a rural area with a few farms. During the quarrying of stones for a church in 1843, copper ore and hard coal were found in the vicinity of the community , and so several mines were created in the following period . A large proportion of Abbottstown's settlers were of German descent. In the period from 1833 to 1848, the German-language newspaper “Intelligencer” was published here, which, after being renamed “Wochenblatt”, was published until 1850, when it was finally discontinued.