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McKnightstown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States.[3] It was formerly part of the Cashtown-McKnightstown CDP as of the 2000 census, and was then split into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census.

History

The founder of the Eshelman manufacturing company was born in the town, and the 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy travelled through the town on the Lincoln Highway before a modern highway bypassed the town in 1948-9.[4]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2010226
202038771.2%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

As of the 2020 census the population was 387.[6]

Gallery

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "McKnightstown Census Designated Place (2630025)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  4. ^ "Route 30 Work Near Halfway Mark; West End Already Paved" (Google News Archive). Gettysburg Times. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Times and News Publishing Company. September 18, 1948. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): McKnightstown CDP, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2013.