Adams County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 103,852. Its county seat is Gettysburg. The county was created on January 22, 1800, from part of York County, and was named for the second President of the United States, John Adams. On July 1–3, 1863, a crucial battle of the American Civil War was fought near Gettysburg; Adams County, as a result, is a center for Civil War-related tourism. The county is part of the South Central Pennsylvania region of the state. Adams County comprises the Gettysburg metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Harrisburg–York–Lebanon combined statistical area.^[1]

Key Cities/Towns

Boroughs

Abbottstown
Arendtsville
Bendersville
Biglerville
Bonneauville
Carroll Valley
East Berlin
Fairfield
Gettysburg (county seat)
Littlestown
McSherrystown
New Oxford
York Springs

Townships

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Berwick
Butler
Conewago
Cumberland
Franklin
Freedom
Germany
Hamilton
Hamiltonban
Highland

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Huntington
Latimore
Liberty
Menallen
Mount Joy
Mount Pleasant
Oxford
Reading
Straban
Tyrone
Union

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Megan's Law Statistics

(Copy from PA Megan's Law Database, click on Community Tools at top then the 3rd "Count of..." link and tally residents only)


County Total	Lifetime	Out of State	Pre-SORNA SVP	SVDC	SVP	Ten-Year	T1	T2	T3
338	73	42	30	0	35	18	54	30	56

Last updated: 12/16/24

Registration Sites

(copy from https://www.meganslaw.psp.pa.gov/VerificationSites/VerificationSiteSearch)

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County Parole/Probation Office Contact Information

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Luzerne County Adult Probation

Local Reentry Resources

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SOAB Approved Treatment Providers

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PFR-Friendly Housing Providers

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Employers Who Have Hired PFRs

If you discover friendly or unfriendly employers on this list, please contact us at contact@parsol.org. (List approx. top 10 in county)


Business	Address	Contact if Known	Website	Phone Number	Notes
ex. Company XYZ	123 Main Street City, PA 15432	Joe Schmoe, HR Director	https://companyxyz.com/jobs	717-215-5704	For example, if an employer advertises that they would like reentrants to apply or is PFR-owned or something like that can go here.