Country United States County Adams Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) Area 230 ha | State Pennsylvania Township Franklin Elevation 195 m Population 226 (2010) | |
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ZIP code 17343 (established 1860)[1] | ||
McKnightstown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. 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 2010 census the population was 226.
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.
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