Your Guide to Buying a Home in Littlestown, PA

Buying a Home in Littlestown, Pennsylvania

Littlestown is located in Adams County

Population: 3,947 Littlestown is located 10 miles south of Gettysburg, scene of the famous Civil War battle and seven miles from Hanover, home of the famous Hanover Shoe horse farms. Littlestown is two miles from the Mason Dixon line which separates Pennsylvania and Maryland. It is about 38 miles from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's capitol, about 42 miles from Baltimore, MD, about 58 miles from Washington D.C. and about 150 miles from Philadelphia.

History of Littlestown

"Where Industry and Agriculture Meet" - was laid out by Peter Klein in 1765, making it the oldest town in what is now Adams County, Pennsylvania. Peter Klein had been granted a patent in 1760 for 311 acres which he systematically arranged into the original 48 lots. Each lot sold for three pounds with provision that the buyer pay an annual ground rent of seven shillings, sixpence ($1.00). For at least 50 years, Littlestown was known as "Kleina Stedtle" (in English "Little's Town"). The name was changed later to Petersburg; however , confusion due to another neighboring town with the same name, led the name to be changed to Littlestown in 1795. It was incorporated as a Borough by the Court of Adams County February 23, 1864. Littlestown's nickname arose from fact that the community was a hub of industrial activity in an area surrounded by rich, rolling farmland. The community today remains an industrial hub with several working farms on the outskirts of town. A variety of houses, from the Revolutionary era to the 20th Century, are located in the area.

Courtesy of the Town of Littlestown

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