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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.
Totaling 3,785 acres (1,532 ha) of area, it is mostly located in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, [5] where it takes up almost 20% of the municipality's area. [6] Portions of the park extend into the Gettysburg borough limits, [ 7 ] including the Soldiers' National Cemetery, [ 8 ] and an exclave is in Mount Pleasant Township .
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Map of Adams County, Pennsylvania with municipal labels showing boroughs (red), townships (white), and census-designated places (blue) The Gettysburg, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area is a small urban area of southern Pennsylvania. Adams County makes up the entire statistical area. The population is 101,407 as of the 2010 census.
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 ]
It opened in 1962. Plans in 1973 for a projected tourist increase included an Oak Ridge visitor center and an Eisenhower Parkway on the west. [8] Neither was built nor was an Appalachian Trail spur to the battlefield considered in 1982. [9] The Gettysburg National Museum became the visitor center in 1974. [10]