Greenmount
Green Mount | |
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  Greenmount Location of Greenmount in Pennsylvania | |
| Coordinates: 39°45′51″N 077°16′25″W / 39.76417°N 77.27361°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Adams |
| Township | Cumberland |
| Post office | 1864 April-1913 October 1[2] 39°45′57″N 77°16′20″W / 39.76583°N 77.272339°W[3] |
| Elevation | 531 ft (162 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 17325 |
| Area code | 717 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1176161[1] |
Greenmount is a populated place in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] It is located southwest of the Gettysburg Battlefield, at Marsh Creek along the Emmitsburg Road (U.S. Route 15 Business),[citation needed] in Cumberland Township.[4]
Neighboring communities are Fairfield (west), Gettysburg (north), Round Top (northeast), Barlow (east), Harney, Maryland (southeast), and Fairplay (south).
- ^ a b c d "Greenmount (Adams County, Pennsylvania)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
- ^ "Greenmount Post Office Abolished" (Google News Archive). The Star and Sentinel. October 8, 1913. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
On Tuesday last the post office at Greenmount was abolished... This office has been since April, 1864, in the charge of Mr. H. P. Bigham, who retires with a record of almost fifty years continuous service as a government official.
- ^ Horner, John B (1994). Sgt. Hugh Paxton Bigham: Lincoln's Guard at Gettysburg. Gettysburg: Personalities of the Civil War Series. Gettysburg PA: Horner Enterprises. pp. 21, 28. ISBN 0-8133-3272-9. (Emmitsburg.net book excerpts Retrieved 2011-06-13)
- ^ "Topographic map of showing Greenmount in Cumberland Township, near border with Freedom Township". USGS Adams County Township Maps. USGS. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2013.