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Gettysburg
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borough and the county seat of Adams County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
Gettysburg is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania, that serves as the county seat. It is historically significant as the location of a major Civil War battle in 1863.
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- Official name
- Gettysburg
- Population
- 7106
- Area
- 4.315099
- Elevation
- 558
- Official website
- www.gettysburgpa.gov
- Image
- Gettysburg, PA Keystone Marker.jpg
- Households
- 2483
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- Commons category
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- postal code
- 17325
- inception
- 1780-00-00
- water area
- 0.012297
- water as percent of area
- 0.285
- per capita income
- 22766
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Gettysburg (/ˈɡɛtizbɜːrɡ/; locally /ˈɡɛtɪsbɜːrɡ/ ) is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 census, the borough had a population of 7,106 people.
Gettysburg was the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, which was fought in Gettysburg over three days from July 1 to 3, 1863, during the American Civil War. With over 50,000 combined casualties, the Battle of Gettysburg is both the deadliest battle of the Civil War and in all of American history. The battle, which was won by the Union army, also proved the turning point of the war, leading to the Union's victory two years later and the nation's preservation. Later that year, on November 19, President Abraham Lincoln traveled to present-day Gettysburg National Cemetery, where he participated in a ceremonial consecration of the cemetery and delivered the Gettysburg Address, a carefully crafted 271-word address, which is considered one of the most famous speeches in history.