Cashtown Pennsylvania Map

About Cashtown, Pennsylvania

Cashtown is a locality in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 453. The population density is 116.3 people per km². Cashtown is located at 39.8844°N, 77.3507°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 17202, 17310, 17353.

Cashtown rises from the limestone-heavy soil of the Cumberland Valley, where the horizon stretches toward the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 6.3 miles southwest of Chambersburg, PA (from Chambersburg, PA: bearing 220°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north of Antrim Township. Fields of corn and winter wheat quilt the terrain, interrupted only by the limestone outcroppings and the persistent, low-slung architecture of the Pennsylvania Dutch influence. The air here holds a crisp, mineral quality, especially in the golden hour when the light catches the limestone dust kicked up by passing trucks, turning the atmosphere into a soft, amber haze. Only a mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Conococheague Creek carve a path through the silt, providing a quiet, rhythmic pulse to a landscape that otherwise feels anchored in the heavy, patient stillness of the inland plains.

History lingers in Cashtown like the scent of woodsmoke on a damp autumn evening, particularly around the sturdy stone structures that served as waypoints for travelers long before the pavement arrived. While the economy once relied on the steady transit of goods through the corridor, modern life has settled into a quiet equilibrium of local agriculture and the steady, hum-drum industry of the surrounding townships. Residents occasionally seek the quietude of the woods toward the Mont Alto State Forest or look toward the reservoir at Greencastle Reservoir, yet the local character remains defined by a stubborn, self-reliant independence. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, a place where the memory of the past is not a museum exhibit but a physical presence felt in the thick, weathered walls of the older buildings and the long shadows cast across the fields as the sun dips behind the western ridges.

About This Cashtown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cashtown, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 39.884405, -77.350746. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Cashtown includes the ZIP code (17202, 17310, 17353), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Franklin County (Chambersburg), and school district assignment (Gettysburg Area School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.