Editing Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (section)

{{Short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Gettysburg
| native_name        =
| other_name         =
| settlement_type    = [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]]
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| image_caption      = [[Gettysburg National Military Park]] in April 2019
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| image_flag         = Flag of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.svg
| image_seal         = Seal of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.png
| image_map          = Adams County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas Gettysburg highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 260px
| map_caption        = Location in  [[Adams County, Pennsylvania|Adams County]] and the U.S. state of [[Pennsylvania]].
| pushpin_map        = Pennsylvania#USA
| pushpin_label      = Gettysburg
| pushpin_label_position = top
| pushpin_relief     = yes
| coordinates        = {{coord|39|49|42|N|77|13|56|W|region:US-PA|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Pennsylvania]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Adams County, Pennsylvania|Adams]]
| established_title  = Settled
| established_date   = 1780
| established_title1 = Incorporated
| established_date1  = 1806
| government_footnotes =
| government_type    = Borough Council
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Rita C. Frealing ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='42'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 4.31
| area_land_km2      = 4.30
| area_water_km2     = 0.01
| area_water_percent =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_ft       = 560
| population_total   = 7106
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly" />
| population_density_km2 = 1653.03
| population_note    =
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code        = 17325
| area_code          = [[Area codes 717 and 223|717]]
| website            = [https://www.gettysburgpa.gov/]
| footnotes          =
| timezone           = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
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| pop_est_footnotes  =
| population_est     =
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 42-28960
| area_total_sq_mi   = 1.66
| area_land_sq_mi    = 1.66
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.01
| population_density_sq_mi = 4280.72
| founder            = [[James Gettys (founder of Gettysburg)|James Gettys]]
| named_for          = [[Samuel Gettys]]
}}

'''Gettysburg''' ({{IPAc-en|'|ɡ|ɛ|t|i|z|b|ɜːr|ɡ}}; {{IPAc-en|local|audio=En-Gettysburg-local.ogg|ˈ|ɡ|ɛ|t|ᵻ|s|b|ɜːr|ɡ}})<ref>Robert D. Quigley, ''Civil War Spoken Here: A Dictionary of Mispronounced People, Places and Things of the 1860s'' (Collingswood, NJ: C. W. Historicals, 1993), p. 68. {{ISBN|0-9637745-0-6}}.</ref> is a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Adams County, Pennsylvania]], United States, and its [[county seat]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the borough had a population of 7,106 people.

Gettysburg was the site of the [[Battle of Gettysburg]], which was fought in Gettysburg over three days from July 1 to 3, 1863, during the [[American Civil War]]. With over 50,000 combined casualties, the Battle of Gettysburg is both the deadliest battle of the Civil War and in all of American history. The battle, which was won by the [[Union army]], also proved the [[Turning point of the American Civil War|turning point]] of the war, leading to the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]'s victory two years later and the nation's preservation. Later that year, on November 19, President [[Abraham Lincoln]] traveled to present-day [[Gettysburg National Cemetery]], where he participated in a ceremonial consecration of the cemetery and delivered the [[Gettysburg Address]], a carefully crafted 271-word address, which is considered one of the most famous speeches in history.

Gettysburg is home to the [[Gettysburg National Military Park]], which includes [[Gettysburg Battlefield]], where the Battle of Gettysburg was largely fought.