Cashtown, Pennsylvania

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}

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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Cashtown, Pennsylvania

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|settlement_type = Census-designated place

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| image_map = Adams County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas Cashtown highlighted.svg

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| map_caption = Location in Adams County and the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Pennsylvania

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Adams

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Franklin

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|unit_pref = Imperial

|area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='42'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}

|area_magnitude =

|area_total_km2 = 3.92

|area_land_km2 = 3.89

|area_water_km2 = 0.03

|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 453

|population_density_km2 = 116.33

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset = -5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = -4

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_ft = 746

|coordinates = {{coord|39|53|2|N|77|21|31|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP Codes

|postal_code = 17310

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|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = 42-11576

|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank1_info = 1171306

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|area_total_sq_mi = 1.51

|area_land_sq_mi = 1.50

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.01

|population_density_sq_mi = 301.20

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Cashtown is a census-designated place in Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community was part of the Cashtown-McKnightstown CDP, until it was split into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census. As of 2020, the population of Cashtown was 453.{{cite web | url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Cashtown+CDP,+Pennsylvania | title=Explore Census Data }}

A post office called Cashtown has been in operation since 1833.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=5 January 2017}} According to tradition, the community was named for the fact a local tavern owner required that payment be made in cash.{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=24|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=20}}