McKnightstown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] It was formerly part of the Cashtown-McKnightstown CDP as of the 2000 census, and was then split into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census. As of the 2010 census the population was 226.[2]
The founder of the Eshelman manufacturing company was born in the town, and the 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy travelled through the town on the Lincoln Highway before a modern highway bypassed the town in 1948-9.[3]
House on Lincoln Highway at Flohr's Church Road
| post code | city | state | latitude | longitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17343 | McKnightstown | PA | 39.869946 | -77.331408 |