THE HUNTERSTOWN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Triassic Lowlands setting.
Hunterstown CDP has 1.72 square miles of land in Adams County. Its Census reference point is in Triassic Lowlands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Hunterstown and Adams County
Hunterstown is associated with Adams County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Hunterstown by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Hunterstown, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Adams County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hunterstown CDP has 5% of the land area of nearby Straban township (34.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

