Round Top, Pennsylvania

Round Top
Round-Top[1]
1904 map depicting Round Top buildings along the Taneytown and Wheatfield roads (right).
1904 map depicting Round Top buildings along the Taneytown and Wheatfield roads (right).
Etymology: "Round-Top R. R. Station"
Round Top is located in Pennsylvania
Round Top
Round Top
Coordinates: 39°47′41″N 77°13′59″W / 39.794792°N 77.23305°W / 39.794792; -77.23305
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyAdams
TownshipCumberland
Establishedc. 1880
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
17325
Area code717
GNIS ID1185538 (1979)[2]

Round Top is a populated place in Adams County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, near Little Round Top. It is notable for two Battle of Gettysburg hospitals, the 1884 Round Top Station, and several battlefield commemorative era attractions such as Round Top Park and the Round Top Museum. The unincorporated community lies on an elevated area of the north-south Taneytown Road with three intersections: at Blacksmith Shop Road to the northeast, Wheatfield Road (west from "Roundtop"), and Sachs Road (east from "Sedgwick").[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gitt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Round Top
  3. ^ Map of Adams County (Map). PA Department of Highways. March 1958.