Cumberland Township

Cumberland Township is a township in , , United States. The population was 7,031 at the 2020 census. In 1863, the American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg took place mainly in Cumberland Township, which surrounds the borough of on three sides.
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  • Type: Locality with 7,030 residents
  • Description: township in Adams County, Pennsylvania
  • Also known as: “Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania” and “Township of Cumberland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gettysburg National Cemetery and Big Round Top.

Cemetery
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, originally called Soldiers' National Cemetery, is a United States national cemetery in , created for Union army casualties sustained in the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

Peak
is a boulder-strewn hill notable as the topographic high point of the Gettysburg Battlefield and for 1863 American Civil War engagements for which Medals of Honor were awarded.

Peak
is a landform on the Gettysburg Battlefield that was the scene of fighting each day of the Battle of Gettysburg. The northernmost part of the Army of the Potomac defensive "fish-hook" line, the hill is gently sloped and provided a site for American Civil War artillery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gettysburg and Little Round Top.

Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, in Adams County in , goes down in history as the battlefield in the Civil War where, despite terrible tragedy and loss of life, there was hope for the Union.

Locality
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is the smaller of two rocky hills south of —the companion to the adjacent, taller hill named . It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, during the American Civil War.

Locality
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Devil's Den is a boulder-strewn hill on the south end of Houck's Ridge at Gettysburg Battlefield, used by artillery and sharpshooters on the second day of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

Cumberland Township

Latitude
39.8039° or 39° 48′ 14″ north
Longitude
-77.2506° or 77° 15′ 2″ west
Population
7,030
Elevation
558 feet (170 metres)
Open location code
87F4RP3X+HP
Geo­Names ID
4557467
Wiki­data ID
Q3699382
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