Knoxlyn
Knoxlyn is an unincorporated community situated in Highland Township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 8 kilometers west of Gettysburg between U.S. Route 30 and Pennsylvania Route 116.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Knoxlyn, PA” and “Knoxlyn, Pennsylvania”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gettysburg Regional Airport.
Gettysburg Regional Airport
Aerodrome
Gettysburg Regional Airport, formerly known as the Gettysburg Airport and Travel Center and as Doersom Airport, is a general aviation airport located two miles west of the Gettysburg, in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Regional Airport is situated 2½ miles east of Knoxlyn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include McKnightstown and Virginia Mills.
McKnightstown
Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
McKnightstown is a census-designated place in Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was formerly part of the Cashtown-McKnightstown CDP as of the 2000 census, and was then split into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census. McKnightstown is situated 3 miles north of Knoxlyn.
Virginia Mills
Hamlet
Virginia Mills, Pennsylvania was an 1889 stop on the Western Extension of the Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway near Fairfield, Pennsylvania and the site of the 1863 Battle of Fairfield in the American Civil War. Virginia Mills is situated 3½ miles southwest of Knoxlyn.
Cashtown
Hamlet
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. Cashtown is situated 4½ miles northwest of Knoxlyn.
Knoxlyn
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Highland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.83083° or 39° 49′ 51″ northLongitude
-77.31693° or 77° 19′ 1″ westElevation
541 feet (165 metres)Open location code
87F4RMJM+86OpenStreetMap ID
node 7500066690OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Knoxlyn” goes by many names.
- French: “Knoxlyn”
- Irish: “Knoxlyn”
Localities in the Area
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