Hanover Shoe Farms

Conewago Township is a township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,875 at the 2020 census.

Union Township is a township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,148 at the 2010 census.

McSherrystown is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,077 as of the 2020 census. McSherrystown was home to the headquarters of Teddy Bear manufacturer Boyds Bears, as well as the oldest operating family-run cigar manufacturer in the U.S. (since 1863), F.X. Smith & Sons. Boyds has since closed down, and in 2018, the cigar company was sold.

Pennville is a census-designated place (CDP) in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,947 at the 2010 census.

Delone Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in McSherrystown, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg.

Midway is an unincorporated census-designated place in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,059 at the 2020 census.

The George Nace (Neas) House, also known as Neas House, is a historic home located at High and West Chestnut Streets in the historic district of the Borough of Hanover in York County, Pennsylvania.Built circa 1783 by Mathias Neas, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Hanover Shoe in Hanover, Pennsylvania, was once one of the largest and most successful shoe companies in York County, Pennsylvania.

The Picket (1905) is an equestrian sculpture by Cyrus E. Dallin in Hanover, Pennsylvania. The work is also referred to by the titles Cavalryman and The Sentry. The sculpture is made of cast bronze and sits on a granite pedestal measuring twelve feet by eight feet. The total height of both the sculpture and the pedestal is twenty feet.The sculpture was erected on September 28, 1905, having been paid for by the state of Pennsylvania. It stood in a roundabout in the middle of Hanover’s Center Square until it was moved in 1968; since then, it has stood north of the square outside 30 Center Square, Hanover.The sculpture commemorates the Battle of Hanover, which took place on June 30, 1863. The Picket does not represent a particular participant in the Battle of Hanover; instead, it commemorates all of the unnamed cavalrymen whose names have been lost to history.

The Battle of Hanover took place on June 30, 1863, in Hanover in southwestern York County, Pennsylvania, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Confederate cavalry, which was riding north to get around the Union Army of the Potomac, attacked a Federal cavalry regiment, driving it through the streets of Hanover. Brig. Gen. Elon Farnsworth's brigade arrived and counterattacked, routing the Confederate vanguard and nearly capturing Stuart himself. Stuart soon counterattacked. Reinforced by Brig. Gen. George A. Custer's Michigan Brigade, Farnsworth held his ground, and a stalemate ensued. Stuart was forced to continue north and east to get around the Union cavalry, further delaying his attempt to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army, which was then concentrating at Cashtown Gap west of Gettysburg.

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, also known as Conewago Chapel, is a Roman Catholic minor basilica dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus located in Conewago Township (Adams County), Pennsylvania. The church is a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg.

Eichelberger High School, also known as Hanover Middle School and Eichelberger Academy, is a historic high school building located at Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1896, and altered and expanded in 1931-1932, with few design elements from the original building remaining. It is a five-part brick building in the Georgian Revival style, with a main building flanked by two wings connected by hyphens. The main building features a portico supported by six Ionic order columns and topped by a hipped roof and cupola.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It is located in the Hanover Historic District.