Rural Electrification

Rural Electrification is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Adams County, dedicated 1990.

Pa. 34 near Palace Dr., 1.7 miles N of Gettysburg

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In 1936 seventy-five percent of Pennsylvania farms had no electric service. During the next five years, with Federal support, 14 consumer-owned cooperatives were formed in this Commonwealth. Adams Electric Cooperative at Gettysburg, serving members in south-central Pennsylvania, was incorporated on August 21, 1940.

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1895 · Route, Gettysburg campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1908 · Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1924 · Maryland and Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1944 · Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Route, Gettysburg campaign, 1895, covering the location of Rural Electrification, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Route, Gettysburg campaign, 1895, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Rural Electrification

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