Township of Mount Joy
Mount Joy Township is a township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,670 at the 2010 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 3,790 residents
- Description: township in Adams County, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Mount Joy”, “Mount Joy Township”, “Mount Joy Township, Adams County”, and “Mount Joy Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania”
- Historically known as: “Mountjoy Township”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Round Top and Two Taverns.
Little Round Top
Locality
Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania—the companion to the adjacent, taller hill named Big Round Top. 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. Little Round Top is situated 3½ miles northwest of Township of Mount Joy.
Two Taverns
Hamlet
Two Taverns is an unincorporated community on Pennsylvania Route 97 between Gettysburg and Littlestown in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. During the Battle of Gettysburg, Kilpatrick's Union cavalry was ordered to the community prior to a charge at the South Cavalry Field.
Barlow
Hamlet
Barlow is a populated place between the Gettysburg Battlefield and the Mason–Dixon line in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States, situated at the intersection of Rock Creek and Pennsylvania Route 134. Barlow is situated 3 miles west of Township of Mount Joy.
Township of Mount Joy
- Category: township of Pennsylvania
- Location: Adams County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Vietnamese—“Township of Mount Joy” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Mount Joy Township”
- French: “canton de Mount Joy”
- French: “Mount Joy Township”
- German: “Mount Joy Township”
- Italian: “Mount Joy”
- Japanese: “タウンシップ・オヴ・マウント・ジョイ”
- Japanese: “マウント・ジョイ・タウンシップ”
- Japanese: “マウント・ジョイ”
- Japanese: “マウント・ジョイ郡区”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Mount Joy”
- Ukrainian: “Маунт-Джой Тауншип”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Mount Joy, Quận Adams, Pennsylvania”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Mount Joy”
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