Cashtown, Pennsylvania
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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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
A post office called Cashtown has been in operation since 1833.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> According to tradition, the community was named for the fact a local tavern owner required that all payments be made in cash.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Geography
Cashtown is located west of Gettysburg in western Adams County. U.S. Route 30 bypasses the center of the community and forms the northern edge of the CDP. Old U.S. 30, the original Lincoln Highway, is the main street of Cashtown. McKnightstown is Template:Convert to the east.
Demographics
Education
It is in the Gettysburg Area School District.<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref>
Franklin Township Elementary School has an Orrtanna post office address,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but is physically in the Cashtown CDP.<ref>Template:Cite web - School not directly indicated on this map. Compare map to the full location of the school.</ref> This is the zoned school for Cashtown.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The district's comprehensive middle and high schools are Gettysburg Area Middle School and Gettysburg Area High School.
Notable person
- Nellie V. Mark (1857–1935), physician, suffragist