McKnightstown, Pennsylvania | |
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Coordinates: 39°52′07″N77°19′39″W / 39.86861°N 77.32750°W Coordinates: 39°52′07″N77°19′39″W / 39.86861°N 77.32750°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Adams |
Township | Franklin |
Area | |
• Total | 1.45 sq mi (3.74 km2) |
• Land | 1.45 sq mi (3.74 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 640 ft (200 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 387 |
• Density | 267.63/sq mi (103.34/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP Code | 17343 [3] (established 1860) |
FIPS code | 42-46312 |
GNIS feature ID | 2630025 [3] |
McKnightstown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. [3] It was formerly part of the Cashtown-McKnightstown CDP as of the 2000 census, and was then split into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census. As of the 2020 census the population was 387. [4]
The founder of the Eshelman manufacturing company was born in the town, and the 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy travelled through the town on the Lincoln Highway before a modern highway bypassed the town in 1948-9. [5]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2010 | 226 | — | |
2020 | 387 | 71.2% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [6] |
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