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Country
  
United States

County
  
Time zone
  
EST (UTC-4)

Elevation
  
190 m

Founded
  
27 April 1954

Local time
  
Thursday 7:14 AM

State
  
Township
  
ZIP code
  
17238

Area
  
118 ha

Population
  
170 (2010)

Area code
  
Area codes 717 and 223


Weather
  
-6°C, Wind SE at 2 km/h, 54% Humidity

Needmore is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 170. Needmore was created on April 27, 1954.

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Map of Needmore, PA 17238, USA

Geography

Needmore is in south-central Fulton County, at the intersection of U.S. Route 522 (Great Cove Road) and Route 655 (Thompson Road) in Belfast Township. US 522 leads south 7 miles (11 km) to Interstate 70 at Warfordsburg and northeast 13 miles (21 km) to McConnellsburg, the Fulton County seat. PA 655 leads south 9 miles (14 km) to the Maryland border (the Mason–Dixon line). Hancock, Maryland, is 11 miles (18 km) south via PA 655 and 12 miles (19 km) south via US 522.

The community is in the valley of Tonoloway Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Potomac River. The north end of Tonoloway Ridge rises just south of Needmore.

Geology

The Devonian geologic formation called the Needmore Formation is named after the town of Needmore.

A fictionalized version of Needmore appeared in the Season 1 finale ("Hiatus") of the NBC comedy program 30 Rock.

References

Needmore, Pennsylvania Wikipedia


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