Adams County

MyTownView tracks 25 municipalities in Adams County, Pennsylvania. Browse recent news, meeting transcripts, upcoming events, and more across the county.

25Municipalities
106,115Residents
69Articles
5Meetings (30d)
54Upcoming Events
$70,180Avg. Median Income
$225,746Avg. Home Value

Recent News

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Apr 24Cumberland County crash hospitalizes 2 people, shuts down roadCumberlandApr 24Adams County adds new polling location, districts for Straban TownshipStrabanApr 23Highland Drive Drainage Improvement Project CompletedHighlandApr 23Gettysburg is being restored to 1863—but only if federal funding continues | OpinionGettysburgApr 23Adams County Coroner's Office called to crash on East Berlin RoadAdamsApr 22St. Joe’s vs. Penn: Liberty Bell Classic Championship at Citizens Bank ParkLibertyApr 22I-81 REOPENS: Person injured after 3 tractor-trailers carrying raw chicken, mail collide in Cumberland CountyCumberlandApr 20Pennsylvania’s most visited tourist attraction is not the Liberty Bell or Independence Hall, it’s a mallIndependenceApr 18Nolan Reinert, Ian Plank pull Gettysburg baseball past West YorkGettysburgApr 17Helicopter lands on I-81 to airlift person trapped in Cumberland County crashCumberlandApr 1719-year-old Cumberland County man confessed to making anti-Semitic signsCumberlandApr 17Pennsylvania Turnpike lanes closed due to Cumberland County crash, two airliftedCumberlandApr 17The Lifeline of Liberty: Marching from Pluckemin to Pennsylvania April 18thLibertyApr 17This Pennsylvania farm raises miniature Highland cows, alpacas, and tiny horses and you can hand-feed every single oneHighlandApr 16Car flips down embankment, plows into Cumberland County houseCumberland

Meetings

5

Upcoming

Apr 27Borough CouncilGettysburgAgenda

Recent

Apr 20Plan CommissionGettysburgAgendaApr 15Historic Architectural Review BoardGettysburgAgendaApr 14Tree CommissionGettysburgAgendaApr 13Borough CouncilGettysburgAgendaMar 23Borough CouncilGettysburgAgendaMar 18Historic Architectural Review BoardGettysburgAgendaMar 16Plan CommissionGettysburgAgendaMar 9Borough CouncilGettysburgAgenda

Upcoming Events

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APR27

Borough Council Work Session Meeting

2:00 PM
Gettysburg
APR27

Gettysburg Area Recreation Authority (GARA) Board Meeting

2:00 PM
Gettysburg
APR27

Public Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting

6:00 PM
Carroll Valley
MAY4

Planning Commission Meeting

6:00 PM
Carroll Valley
MAY12

Borough Council Meeting

6:00 PM
Carroll Valley
MAY14

Park Ad Hoc Committee Meeting

6:00 PM
Carroll Valley
MAY20

Nature Trail Committee Meeting

6:00 PM
Carroll Valley
MAY26

Public Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting

6:00 PM
Carroll Valley

Rankings in Adams County

Fastest Growing Cities

Growth
#CityPopulation Change
1BonneauvilleAdams+13.0%
2GettysburgAdams+4.1%
3HuntingtonAdams+3.8%
4HamiltonbanAdams+2.7%
5ConewagoAdams+1.2%
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey

Safest Cities

Safety
#CityCrimes per 1,000
1GettysburgAdams5.8 total crimes per 1k
2LittlestownAdams6.0 total crimes per 1k
3McSherrystownAdams12.8 total crimes per 1k
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Source: Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting Program (I-UCR)

Lowest Property Taxes

Finances
#CityEffective Tax Rate
1GettysburgAdams0.83%
2LittlestownAdams0.98%
3BiglervilleAdams1.13%
4New OxfordAdams1.25%
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Source: Illinois Comptroller, Annual Financial Report

Best Fiscal Health

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Finances
#CityFiscal Health Score
1New OxfordAdams88 / 100
2GettysburgAdams41 / 100
3LittlestownAdams40 / 100
4BiglervilleAdams40 / 100
5CumberlandAdams0 / 100
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Source: Illinois Comptroller, Illinois Dept. of Insurance

Municipalities

Abbottstown

Pop. 940Income $72,266Homes $210,800
Borough

Arendtsville

Pop. 841Income $98,125Homes $224,600
Borough

Bendersville

Pop. 631Income $80,461Homes $205,000
Borough

Biglerville

Pop. 1,070Income $51,000Homes $222,000
Borough

Bonneauville

Pop. 2,232Income $63,631Homes $221,800
Borough

Carroll Valley

Pop. 3,992Income $90,505Homes $300,500
Borough

Conewago

Pop. 7,875
Township

Cumberland

Pop. 7,033
Township

East Berlin

Pop. 1,523Income $71,528Homes $242,000
Borough

Fairfield

Pop. 569Income $59,063Homes $238,200
Borough

Germany

Pop. 2,844
Township

Gettysburg

Pop. 8,254Income $52,656Homes $241,500
Borough

Hamilton

Pop. 2,714
Township

Hamiltonban

Pop. 2,300
Township

Highland

Pop. 997
Township

Huntington

Pop. 2,395
Township

Latimore

Pop. 2,646
Township

Liberty

Pop. 1,376
Township

Littlestown

Pop. 4,850Income $68,415Homes $254,700
Borough

McSherrystown

Pop. 3,114Income $70,890Homes $176,100
Borough

Menallen

Pop. 3,701
Township

New Oxford

Pop. 1,675Income $58,056Homes $214,000
Borough

Straban

Pop. 4,851
Township

Union

Pop. 3,076
Township

York Springs

Pop. 865Income $75,750Homes $183,500
Borough