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Adamstown was initially founded on July 4, 1761, by William Addams on the site of a former village of Native Americans, and Addams named the community Addamsburry.The community was incorporated as a borough on April 2, 1850, [4] following the passage of a bill by the Pennsylvania General Assembly that was introduced by Representative Joseph Konigmacher the previous month. [5]
Boroughs designated in the table below with a dagger (†) are home rule municipalities and are also found in the List of Pennsylvania municipalities and counties with home rule charters, optional charters, or optional plans. The state classifies these as boroughs for certain purposes, even though they do not operate under the Borough Code in ...
Most municipalities in Pennsylvania must follow state law except where the state has expressly given jurisdiction to the municipality, and are therefore subject to the Third Class City Code, the Borough Code, the First Class Township Code, the Second Class Township Code, or other acts for sui generis municipalities.
The first borough to be incorporated in Pennsylvania was Germantown in 1690. [10] That borough ceased to exist when all of Philadelphia's municipalities were consolidated in 1854. The borough of Chester Heights has a unique distinction of incorporating into a borough out of Aston Township by a tax revolt. [11]
Brecknock Township is a township in northeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,585 at the 2020 census. [2] History.
Cumberland Township is a township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,031 at the 2020 census. [2] In 1863, the American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg took place mainly in Cumberland Township, which surrounds the borough of Gettysburg on three sides.
The Cocalico School District is a small, suburban public school district located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The school district covers the boroughs of Denver and Adamstown and East Cocalico Township and West Cocalico Township. Cocalico School District encompasses approximately 51 square miles (130 km 2) square miles ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 28.0 square miles (72.4 km 2), all land.The borough of Elizabethtown borders the township to the southwest, and the borough of Mount Joy borders the southern end of the township.