Gettysburg

Gettysburg, 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.
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  • Type: Town with 7,620 residents
  • Description: borough and the county seat of Adams County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
  • Also known as: “Gettys-town”, “Gettysburg, PA”, and “Gettysburg, Pennsylvania”
  • Postal code: 17325
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gettysburg station and Adams County Courthouse.

Railway station
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The Gettysburg Lincoln Railroad Station, also known as the "Gettysburg Train Station," "Lincoln Train Station" or "Western Maryland Railroad Station," is a historic train station with depot, platform, museum and offices on Carlisle Street in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States.

Courthouse
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The is located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 1974.

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 Culp’s Hill and Round Top.

Locality
Culp's Hill, which is about 3⁄4 mi south of the center of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, played a prominent role in the Battle of Gettysburg. It consists of two rounded peaks, separated by a narrow saddle.

Hamlet
is a populated place in in the U.S. state of , near . It is notable for two Battle of Gettysburg hospitals, the 1884 Station, and several battlefield commemorative era attractions such as Park and the Museum. is situated 2½ miles south of Gettysburg.

Locality
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is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania—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. is situated 3 miles south of Gettysburg.

Gettysburg

Latitude
39.8309° or 39° 49′ 51″ north
Longitude
-77.231° or 77° 13′ 52″ west
Population
7,620
Elevation
531 feet (162 metres)
IATA airport code
GTY
Open location code
87F4RQJ9+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 114585837
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
4558183
Wiki­data ID
Q694550
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Gettysburg” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Gettysburg”
  • Arabic: “جيتيسبيرغ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Gettisberq”
  • Azerbaijani: “Gettysburg”
  • Basque: “Gettysburg”
  • Belarusian: “Гетысбург”
  • Belarusian: “Гетысбэрг”
  • Breton: “Gettysburg (Pennsylvania)”
  • Breton: “Gettysburg”
  • Bulgarian: “Гетисбърг”
  • Catalan: “Gettysburg”
  • Cebuano: “Gettysburg”
  • Chechen: “Геттисберг”
  • Chinese: “Gettysburg”
  • Chinese: “盖茨堡”
  • Chinese: “葛底斯堡”
  • Chinese: “蓋茨堡”
  • Chinese: “蓋茲堡”
  • Cornish: “Gettysburg, Pennsylvani”
  • Cornish: “Gettysburg”
  • Czech: “Gettysburg”
  • Dagbani: “Gettysburg”
  • Danish: “Gettysburg”
  • Dutch: “Gettysburg”
  • Esperanto: “Gettysburg”
  • Finnish: “Gettysburg”
  • French: “Gettysburg”
  • German: “G-burg”
  • German: “Gettysburg”
  • German: “Gettystown”
  • Gilaki: “گتیزبرگ (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “گتیزبرگ”
  • Greek: “Γκέτισμπεργκ”
  • Haitian: “Gettysburg, Pennsilvani”
  • Haitian: “Gettysburg”
  • Hebrew: “גטיסבורג”
  • Hungarian: “Gettysburg”
  • Indonesian: “Gettysburg, Pennsylvania”
  • Indonesian: “Gettysburg”
  • Irish: “Gettysburg”
  • Italian: “Gettysburg”
  • Japanese: “ゲティスバーグ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Gettysburg”
  • Korean: “게티스버그”
  • Korean: “게티즈버그”
  • Ladin: “Gettysburg”
  • Latin: “Gettysburgum”
  • Latvian: “Getisburga”
  • Malagasy: “Gettysburg, Pennsylvania”
  • Malagasy: “Gettysburg”
  • Marathi: “गेटिसबर्ग (पेनसिल्व्हेनिया)”
  • Marathi: “गेटिसबर्ग”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gettysburg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gettysburg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gettysburg”
  • Norwegian: “Gettysburg”
  • Ossetian: “Геттисберг”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Gettysbarrig, Pennsilfaani”
  • Persian: “گتیزبرگ، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Persian: “گتیزبرگ”
  • Persian: “گتیسبرگ”
  • Polish: “Gettysburg”
  • Portuguese: “Gettysburg”
  • Romanian: “Gettysburg, Pennsylvania”
  • Romanian: “Gettysburg”
  • Russian: “Геттисберг”
  • Serbian: “Гетизбург”
  • Serbian: “Гетисбург”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gettysburg, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gettysburg”
  • Slovak: “Gettysburg”
  • Slovenian: “Gettysburg”
  • Spanish: “Gettysburg (Pensilvania)”
  • Spanish: “Gettysburg”
  • Swedish: “Gettysburg”
  • Tamil: “கெட்டிசுபெர்க்கு, பென்சில்வேனியா”
  • Tamil: “கெட்டிசுபெர்க்கு”
  • Tatar: “Геттисберг”
  • Thai: “เกตตีสเบิร์ก”
  • Turkish: “Gettysburg, Pensilvanya”
  • Turkish: “Gettysburg”
  • Ukrainian: “Геттісберг”
  • Urdu: “گیٹسبرگ، پنسلوانیا”
  • Uzbek: “Gettysburg”
  • Vietnamese: “Gettysburg, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Gettysburg”
  • Volapük: “Gettysburg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gettysburg, Pennsylvania”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gettysburg”
  • Welsh: “Gettysburg, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Gettysburg”

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