McKnightstown, Pennsylvania

McKnightstown
—  CDP  —
McKnightstown and Cashtown were part of the former Cashtown-McKnightstown, Pennsylvania, CDP
McKnightstown Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 39°52′07″N 77°19′39″W / 39.86861°N 77.3275°W / 39.86861; -77.3275Coordinates: 39°52′07″N 77°19′39″W / 39.86861°N 77.3275°W / 39.86861; -77.3275
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Franklin
Township
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	17343[1] (established 1860)[1]
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID	2630025

Not to be confused with McKnightstown Station.

McKnightstown, Pennsylvania, is a census-designated place added to the USGS Geographic Names Information System on August 30, 2010.^[1] 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.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "McKnightstown Census Designated Place (2630025)". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:2630025. Retrieved 2011-10-15. 
2. ^ "Route 30 Work Near Halfway Mark; West End Already Paved" (Google News Archive). Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Times and News Publishing Company). September 18, 1948. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NlUmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HP8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6502,1065544&dq=mcknightstown+lincoln-highway&hl=en. Retrieved 2011-10-25.