Virginia Mills, Pennsylvania

Virginia Mills, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Adams
Township	Hamiltonban

Founded	prior to 1889

GNIS^[1] ID & Coordinates	1190443 39°48′10″N 77°22′34″W / 39.80278°N 77.37611°W / 39.80278; -77.37611

Virginia Mills, Pennsylvania was an 1889 stop on the Western Extension of the Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway near Fairfield, Pennsylvania and the site of the 1863 Battle of Fairfield in the American Civil War. The railway was routed near the mill site on the John Linn farm and an 1838 Tapeworm Railroad viaduct on the Rev. A. W. Geigley farm.

References

↑ "Virginia Mills (1190443)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-12-29.

Municipalities and communities of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Gettysburg

Boroughs	Abbottstown Arendtsville Bendersville Biglerville Bonneauville Carroll Valley East Berlin Fairfield Gettysburg Littlestown McSherrystown New Oxford York Springs

Townships	Berwick Butler Conewago Cumberland Franklin Freedom Germany Hamilton Hamiltonban Highland Huntington Latimore Liberty Menallen Mount Joy Mount Pleasant Oxford Reading Straban Tyrone Union

CDPs	Aspers Cashtown Flora Dale Gardners Hampton Heidlersburg Hunterstown Idaville Lake Heritage Lake Meade McKnightstown Midway Orrtanna Table Rock

Unincorporated communities	Barlow Beechersville Bermudian Bittinger Cross Keys Fairplay Graefenburg Greenmount Iron Springs Knoxlyn Maria Furnace Mount Tabor Peach Glen Round Top Tillie Two Taverns Wenksville

Ghost town	Tartown

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