PA-003 Adams County


Marker text: ADAMS COUNTY

Formed January 22, 1800 out of York County. The name honors President John Adams. Important center of fruit growing industry. County seat of Gettysburg, incorporated 1806, was site in 1863 of key Civil War battle and President Abraham Lincoln's great address.

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1981

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