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Cashtown redirects here, for other uses, see Cashtown (disambiguation)
Cashtown (disambiguation)

Here are places that have the name Cashtown in North America:*Cashtown, Pennsylvania, see Cashtown-McKnightstown, Pennsylvania*Cashtown Corners, Ontario...


Cashtown-McKnightstown is a census-designated place
Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a type of Place identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as city, towns and villages....
 (CDP) in Adams County
Adams County, Pennsylvania

Adams County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 91,292. It was created on January 22, 1800, from part of York County, Pennsylvania and named in honor of the second President of the United States, John Adams....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
, United States
United States

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. The population was 753 at the 2000 census.

town-McKnightstown is located at (39.875934, -77.338137).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the CDP has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.2 kmē), all of it land.

863 during the Civil War, General Robert E.






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Cashtown redirects here, for other uses, see Cashtown (disambiguation)
Cashtown (disambiguation)

Here are places that have the name Cashtown in North America:*Cashtown, Pennsylvania, see Cashtown-McKnightstown, Pennsylvania*Cashtown Corners, Ontario...


Cashtown-McKnightstown is a census-designated place
Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a type of Place identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as city, towns and villages....
 (CDP) in Adams County
Adams County, Pennsylvania

Adams County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 91,292. It was created on January 22, 1800, from part of York County, Pennsylvania and named in honor of the second President of the United States, John Adams....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The population was 753 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Cashtown-McKnightstown is located at (39.875934, -77.338137).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the CDP has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.2 kmē), all of it land.

History

In 1863 during the Civil War, General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia passed through Cashtown on its way to Gettysburg. After Lee's failure to defeat General Meade and the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3), Lee once again passed through Cashtown during the early morning hours of July 4th, 1863 in heavy rain in his retreat to Virginia.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 753 people, 289 households, and 223 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 315.9 people per square mile (122.2/kmē). There were 300 housing units at an average density of 125.9/sq mi (48.7/kmē). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.75% White, 1.73% African American, 0.93% from other races
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 1.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.93% of the population.

There were 289 households out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.7% were married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.8% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 27.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $45,882, and the median income for a family was $49,732. Males had a median income of $35,382 versus $18,864 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the CDP was $19,105. None of the families and 0.9% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 6.9% of those over 64.

Notable natives

  • Cheston Lee Eshelman
    Cheston Lee Eshelman

    Cheston Lee Eshelman was born in Cashtown-McKnightstown, Pennsylvania near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and was an United States inventor, aviator, manufacturer of aircraft, boats, garden machinery and small automobiles, and founder of the Cheston L....


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