Adamstown, Pennsylvania
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Location in Pennsylvania
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| Foundation : | 1761 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Pennsylvania | ||
| Counties : |
Lancaster County Berks County |
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| Coordinates : | 40 ° 15 ′ N , 76 ° 3 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,203 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 334.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 3.6 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 3.6 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 173 m | ||
| Postal code : | 19501 | ||
| Area code : | +1 717 | ||
| FIPS : | 42-00364 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1168073 | ||
| Mayor : | David Buckwalter | ||
 The Bollmans Hat Factory in Adamstown |
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Adamstown ( Pennsylvania Dutch : Adamschteddel ) is a Borough statuierte settlement in Lancaster County and Berks County in the southeast of the US -amerikanischen state of Pennsylvania .
geography
Of the total area (3.6 km²), everything is land.
population
A significant part of Adamstadt's residents are descendants of German immigrants. Today is Pennsylvania German or German spoken.
According to the 2000 census, 99.09% were white (1.00% Hispanics), 0.08% African-American, 0.25% Asian, 0.42% other, 0.17% are mixed race.
Children under the age of 18 lived in 29.5% of the 501 households. Only married couples lived in 59.1%, and 7.2% of households were run by women only without a husband. There were non-families in 29.9% of households. The average family size was 2.85.
22.9% of the population were under 18, 5.6% were 18 to 24 years old. 33.3% were 25 to 44, 23.3% were 45 to 64, and 14.9% were over 65 years of age. The average age was given as 37. For every 100 women there were 94.7 men, for those over 18 the ratio was 100 to 91.9.