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Adams County

county in Pennsylvania, United States
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Summary

Adams County is a county of Pennsylvania[1]. It draws 886 Wikipedia views per month (county of pennsylvania category, ranking #24 of 67).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pennsylvania[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Gettysburg[5]
  • Shares border with: Cumberland County[6], York County[7], Carroll County[8], Frederick County[9], Franklin County[10]
  • Named after: John Adams[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Gettysburg[12], Abbottstown[13], Arendtsville[14], Bendersville[15], Berwick Township[16], Biglerville[17], Bonneauville[18], Butler Township[19], Carroll Valley[20], Conewago Township[21], Cumberland Township[22], East Berlin[23], Fairfield[24], Franklin Township[25]
  • Commons category: Adams County, Pennsylvania[26]
  • Inception: January 22, 1800[27]
  • Coordinate location: 39.87, -77.22[28]
  • Official website: http://www.adamscounty.us[29]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Adams County, Pennsylvania[30]
  • Population: 101,407[31], 101,462[32], 101,611[33], 101,610[34], 101,546[35], 102,295[36], 103,852[37]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[38]
  • Official name: Adams County[39]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Adams County, Pennsylvania[40]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Adams County, Pennsylvania[41]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Adams County, Pennsylvania[42]
  • Number of households: 39,628[43]
  • Native label: Adams County[44]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109932[45]

Why It Matters

Adams County has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Related Entities

John Adams Pennsylvania United States

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Adams County, Penns
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  2. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomicon id → 1807282
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    Umls cui → C3811644
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  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Per capita income → {'amount': '+32312'}
    Area → {'amount': '+1351'}
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    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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