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Gettysburg (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ t i z b ɜːr ɡ /; locally / ˈ ɡ ɛ t ɪ s b ɜːr ɡ / ⓘ) [4] is a borough in Pennsylvania and the county seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. [5] As of the 2020 census , the borough had a population of 7,106 people.
The Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District is a district of contributing properties and over 1000 historic contributing structures and 315 historic buildings, located in Adams County, Pennsylvania. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 19, 1975. [ 7 ]
The district's comprehensive middle and high schools are Gettysburg Area Middle School and Gettysburg Area High School. Vida Charter School Charter School is in Cumberland Township. [11] A bilingual school, it began operations in 2009. [12] Harrisburg Area Community College Gettysburg Campus is in Cumberland Township. [11]
The Peach Orchard [2] is a Gettysburg Battlefield site at the southeast corner of the north-south Emmitsburg Road intersection with the Wheatfield Road.The orchard is demarcated on the east and south by Birney Avenue, which provides access to various memorials regarding the "momentous attacks and counterattacks in…the orchard on the afternoon of July 2, 1863."
All of the following are filed under Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania: HABS No. PA-1964, "Theodore Bender House, East of Herr's Ridge Road, West of Buford Avenue" HABS No. PA-5940-A, "Biggs Farm, House" HABS No. PA-1963, "Blocher House, Tablerock Road, off Route 34" HABS No. PA-355, "Bricker Outdoor Bake Oven, Taneytown & Wheat Fields Roads"
Pennsylvania Route 116 (PA 116) is an east–west route located Adams and York counties in southern Pennsylvania. The route begins at PA 16 in Carroll Valley in Adams County, heading northeast through rural areas and passing through Fairfield. PA 116 passes through the historic Civil War town of Gettysburg, where the Battle of Gettysburg was held.
The monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield commemorate the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place on July 1-3, 1863, during the American Civil War. Most are located within Gettysburg National Military Park; others are on private land at battle sites in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Together, they represent "one of the largest ...