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Welcome to Abbottstown ...

Abbottstown is located in Adams County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Abbottstown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1796.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Abbottstown has a population of 1,024 people<2> (see below for details).

Abbottstown is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Abbottstown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Abbottstown: 717 & 223<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Abbottstown had an population of 1,024 people. This is an increase of 1.29% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 13.15% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Abbottstown had a population of 1,011 people. This makes Abbottstown the county's 9th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,011 people, the population of Abbottstown increased 11.71% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 905 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Abbottstown.

Communities near Abbottstown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Abbottstown.

  • York
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • York is located in York County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,907 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <5>
  • Hanover
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Gettysburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Taneytown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Hampstead
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hampstead have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampstead
    • Hampstead is located in Carroll County (MD)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,426 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampstead <5>
  • Manchester
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • West York
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West York. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West York
    • West York is located in York County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,602 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West York <5>
  • Littlestown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Dallastown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Shrewsbury
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shrewsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
    • Shrewsbury is located in York County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,847 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shrewsbury <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Abbottstown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Abbottstown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Abbottstown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Abbottstown.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Abbottstown. See our Newspapers Page for Abbottstown.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Abbottstown ...

Looking for more information about Abbottstown? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Abbottstown, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Abbottstown.

Adding Abbottstown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Abbottstown in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Abbottstown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Abbottstown post office opened in 1796.

We also found Abbottstown in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (1828).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Abbottstown.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Abbottstown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Adams, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Abbottstown.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Abbottstown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Abbottstown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Abbottstown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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