Cashtown, Pennsylvania

Cashtown, Pennsylvania
Cashtown, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
	Location in Adams County and the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
	Coordinates: 39°53′2″N 77°21′31″W / 39.88389°N 77.35861°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Adams
Township	Franklin
Area
• Total	1.51 sq mi (3.92 km2)
• Land	1.50 sq mi (3.89 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation	746 ft (227 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	453
• Density	301.20/sq mi (116.33/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	17310
FIPS code	42-11576
GNIS feature ID	1171306

Cashtown is a census-designated place in Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community was part of the Cashtown-McKnightstown CDP, until it was split into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census. As of 2020, the population of Cashtown was 453.^[3]

A post office called Cashtown has been in operation since 1833.^[4] According to tradition, the community was named for the fact a local tavern owner required that payment be made in cash.^[5]

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
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^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 20.

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[3] "Explore Census Data".

[4] "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.

[5] Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 20.

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