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Tartown

Ghost town · Adams County, Pennsylvania

Fairfield quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1909, 1:62,500)
Fairfield quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1909, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Tartown is a ghost town in Adams County, Pennsylvania, recorded as human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America. It is one of 2 former communities in Adams County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 24th among the 45 Pennsylvania counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Tartown as a historical populated place on the Iron Springs topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.8196° N, 77.4527° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleIron Springs
Elevation1,260 ft
Nearest living townFairfield, PA
Distance to it4.9 miles
GNIS feature ID1211041
Coordinates39.81961, -77.45267

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What's there now

Tartown is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fairfield, PA (population 638), about 4.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,260 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Remains of a stone wall at the Tartown site
Remains of a stone wall at the Tartown site · Jgothar / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Questions

Where is Tartown?

Tartown is in Adams County, Pennsylvania, at 39.8196, -77.4527.

How many ghost towns are in Adams County?

Adams County, Pennsylvania has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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