THE LITTLESTOWN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Limestone/Dolomite Lowlands setting.
Littlestown borough has 1.83 square miles of land in Adams County. Its Census reference point is in Piedmont Limestone/Dolomite 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
Littlestown and Adams County
Littlestown 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.
Littlestown by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Littlestown, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.6 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, Littlestown borough has 16.9% of the land area of nearby Germany township (10.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

