Adams County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

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County Courthouse
111 Baltimore St. Gettysburg, PA 17325-2312 Telephone: (717) 334-6781

Hours: M - F   8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Parent County
1800--Adams County was created 22 January 1800 from York County. County seat: Gettysburg

Boundary Changes

 * Before 1749: Part of Lancaster County
 * 1749: Part of York Co. when York was created in 1749
 * 1800:  Adams was created from York

Townships
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 * Berwick
 * Butler
 * Conewago
 * Cumberland
 * Franklin
 * Freedom
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 * Germany
 * Hamilton
 * Hamiltonban
 * Highland
 * Huntington
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 * Latimore
 * Liberty
 * Menallen
 * Mount Joy
 * Mount Pleasant
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 * Oxford
 * Reading
 * Straban
 * Tyrone
 * Union
 * Union

Cemeteries
Greenmount Cemetery is located in Arendtsville, Pennsylvania at lat: 39.9201° lon: -77.3026°.

Maps

 * Ancestor Tracks has posted free, downloadable images from the 1858 Map of Adams Co., Pennsylvania by G. M. Hopkins. This wall map located in the Library of Congress shows major landowners and geographic sites at the date of publishing.

Web Sites

 * Adams County Government Web Site
 * Adams County Genealogy Web Site
 * Linkpendium - Adams County
 * USGenWeb project for Adams County
 * Family History Library Catalog