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New Chester is an unincorporated community in Straban, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. [1] New Chester is located on Pennsylvania Route 234, approximately four miles north of New Oxford on Oxford Road at the junction with Pennsylvania Route 234. [2]
New Chester was also known as Pine Town, and previously Martzallville was surveyed in 1804 by Henry Martzall. [2]
In 1834, Theodore Taughinbaugh was appointed first postmaster at New Chester. [2]
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.
Franklin County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 155,932. Its county seat is Chambersburg.
Chester County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the Delaware Valley region, located in the southeastern part of the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 534,413, increasing by 7.1% from 498,886 in 2010. The county seat and most populated municipality is West Chester. Chester County was one of the three original Pennsylvania counties created by William Penn in 1682. It was named for Chester, England.
Hampton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Reading Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,432 at the 2020 census.
Lake Heritage is a census-designated place (CDP) in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its population was 2,158 at the 2020 census.
Straban Township is a township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,928 at the 2010 census.
Robeson Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,216 at the 2010 census.
Pine Grove Mills is an unincorporated community, village, and census-designated place (CDP) in Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,481 at the 2020 census.
Warwick Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,507 at the 2010 census.
West Chester is a borough and the county seat of Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located within the Philadelphia metropolitan area, the borough had a population of 18,461 at the 2010 census. West Chester is the mailing address for most of its neighboring townships. When calculated by mailing address, the population as of the 2010 U.S. Census was 108,696, which would make it the 10th largest city by mailing address in the state of Pennsylvania.
Newtown Township, also referred to by the name of its post office of Newtown Square, is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Prior to 1789, it was part of Chester County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,002.
Washington Township is a township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 14,897 at the 2020 census, up from 14,009 at the 2010 census.
Thomas Ustick Walter was an American architect of German descent, the dean of American architecture between the 1820 death of Benjamin Latrobe and the emergence of H.H. Richardson in the 1870s. He was the fourth Architect of the Capitol and responsible for adding the north (Senate) and south (House) wings and the central dome that is predominantly the current appearance of the U.S. Capitol building. Walter was one of the founders and second president of the American Institute of Architects. In 1839, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society.
Cumberland County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 259,469. Its county seat is Carlisle.
Pennsylvania Route 94 is a 30-mile (48 km) long north–south state highway located in southern Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of the route is at the Mason–Dixon line, where PA 94 continues into Maryland as Maryland Route 30. The northern terminus is at PA 34 south of Mount Holly Springs. PA 94 heads north-northwest from the state line through southwestern York County, where it passes through Hanover and intersects PA 116/PA 194 in the center of town. Past Hanover, the route heads into rural areas and crosses into the eastern portion of Adams County. Here, PA 94 intersects U.S. Route 30 east of New Oxford, PA 394 in Hampton, PA 234 north of Hampton, and US 15 in York Springs. The route heads into Cumberland County and crosses South Mountain, reaching its end at PA 34. PA 94 is designated as the 94th Infantry Division Memorial Highway for its entire length.
Pine Grove Furnace State Park is a protected Pennsylvania area that includes Laurel and Fuller Lakes in Cooke Township of Cumberland County. The Park accommodates various outdoor recreation activities, protects the remains of the Pine Grove Iron Works (1764), and was the site of Laurel Forge (1830), Pine Grove Park (1880s), and a brick plant (1892). The Park is 8 miles (13 km) from exit 37 of Interstate 81 on Pennsylvania Route 233.
Pennsylvania Route 394 is a 13.5-mile-long (21.7 km) state highway located in Adams County, Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at PA 234 in Biglerville. The eastern terminus is at PA 94 in Hampton. PA 394 is a two-lane undivided road that passes through rural areas to the northeast of Gettysburg. The route begins at PA 234 and crosses PA 34 before leaving Biglerville and heading southeast. PA 394 forms a concurrency with U.S. Route 15 Business before the business route reaches its terminus at an interchange with the US 15 freeway. From here, PA 394 continues southeast to Hunterstown, where it turns northeast and continues to its terminus at PA 94. PA 394 was designated in 1928 along its present alignment. The entire route was paved in the 1930s. US 15 Bus. became concurrent with PA 394 in 1963 after US 15 was moved to a freeway alignment.
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.
The Great Conewago Presbyterian Church is an historic Presbyterian church, which is located on Church Road near Hunterstown, Straban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Tartown, formerly an unincorporated community, is now an extinct community that was located in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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