Hunterstown Historic District

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Hunterstown Historic District is a national historic district located at Hunterstown, Straban Township in Adams County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 48 contributing buildings within the original perimeters of Hunterstown. They primarily date from the late 18th to the mid-19th century and consists of log, frame, and brick residential buildings and a farm complex. Located in the district is the separately listed Great Conewago Presbyterian Church.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

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Hunterstown, Pennsylvania

Hunterstown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Straban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 506.Hunterstown is located along Pennsylvania Route 394 (Shrivers Corner Road), 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Gettysburg. The Hunterstown Historic District and Great Conewago Presbyterian Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.During the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 there was a brief cavalry skirmish at Hunterstown, today known as the Battle of Hunterstown.

Battle of Hunterstown

The Battle of Hunterstown was an American Civil War skirmish at Beaverdam Creek near Hunterstown, Pennsylvania, on July 2, 1863, in which Wade Hampton's Confederate cavalry withdrew after engaging George Armstrong Custer's and Elon Farnsworth's Union cavalry.

Great Conewago Presbyterian Church

The Great Conewago Presbyterian Church is an historic Presbyterian church, which is located on Church Road near Hunterstown, Straban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Straban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania

Straban Township is a township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,928 at the 2010 census.

Guldens, Pennsylvania

Guldens is an unincorporated community in Straban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located off of U.S. Route 30 about 5 miles east of Gettysburg.

Wirts House

Wirts House is a historic home located at Straban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. It is a two-story, rectangular log / wood-frame vernacular Federal style dwelling. It is covered in wooden clapboard siding and sits on a rubble stone foundation. The original section dates to about 1765, with a "back building" addition built between about 1786 and 1812 and a two-story addition built between about 1825 and 1830.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Mount Pleasant Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania

Mount Pleasant Township is a township that is located in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 4,693.

Beaverdam Creek (Conewago Creek tributary)

Beaverdam Creek is a Pennsylvania stream near Hunterstown, northeast of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The creek's intersection with the road leading to the Gettysburg Railroad's Granite station was the site of the Battle of Hunterstown on July 2, 1863.

Opossum Creek (Conewago Creek tributary)

Opossum Creek is a 12.8-mile-long (20.6 km) tributary of the Conewago Creek in Adams County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Opossum Creek joins the Conewago just west of Biglerville.

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 249

The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 249 are Pennsylvania State Game Lands in northeastern Adams County in Pennsylvania in the United States.

Adams County, Pennsylvania

Adams County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 103,852. Its county seat is Gettysburg. The county was created on January 22, 1800, from part of York County, and was named for the second President of the United States, John Adams. On July 1–3, 1863, a crucial battle of the American Civil War was fought near Gettysburg; Adams County as a result is a center of Civil War tourism. Adams County comprises the Gettysburg metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Harrisburg–York–Lebanon combined statistical area.

Heidlersburg, Pennsylvania

Heidlersburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place that is located in Tyrone Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 509.