Pennsylvania · Census place 4200116

Abbottstown, Pennsylvania

Abbottstown is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,047 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 591st largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,047
#591 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+2.6%
+27 people
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
1,904 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Abbottstown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Abbottstown population, 2020 to 2024

Abbottstown added 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

1,02020201,02620211,03220221,04120231,0472024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,022. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Abbottstown covers 0.55 square miles of land, for 1,904 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Abbottstown is less dense than the typical town.

What county Abbottstown is in

All of Abbottstown's residents live in Adams County, which had 107,914 residents in 2024. Abbottstown holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Abbottstown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Abbottstown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17301. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Abbottstown is

The Census internal point of Abbottstown is at 39.881800, -76.992800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 27.0 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Oxford, PA (1,921 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 45.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.881800, -76.992800
DMS
39°52'54.48"N 76°59'34.08"W
UTM
18N 329596.1E 4416538.9N
Geohash
dr14zur83
Plus code
87F5V2J4+PV

Daylight in Abbottstown

At 39.88° N, Abbottstown gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Abbottstown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is New Oxford, 3.6 miles away, with 1,921 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Abbottstown, PA?

1,047 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 27 (2.6%) from 1,020 in July 2020.

What county is Abbottstown in?

Adams County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Abbottstown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17301.

How far is Abbottstown from Harrisburg?

27.0 miles (43.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Abbottstown.

What is the nearest larger city to Abbottstown?

New Oxford, PA, with 1,921 residents, 3.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.