Metes and Bounds Description Detail

Detail

Description Type Source Acres Beginning Point
Gettysburg Borough 1948 Ordinance shape ordinance 3.475 post at the West side of a public alley at corner of lot of Charles W. Jacobs and wife and William P. Jacobs and wife

Map

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Courses and Distances

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Point Thence Course Distance To
1 extending by said alley S 5° W 312 ft. iron pin at corner of land of Harold T. McElroy and H. J. Troxell
2 by said McElroy and Troxell lands N 85° W 175.25 ft. iron pin at the East side of Carlisle Street
3 by Carlisle Street and said Troxell land S 5° W 95 ft. Point on the Borough line
4 by the said Borough line N 86° W 222 ft. iron pin at the east side of a twelve (12) foot alley at corner of lands of Clarence Rebert Estate
5 by said alley and said Borough line N 4.5° E 124 ft. point
6 crossing said alley and along said Borough line N 86° W 12 ft. point at the western side of said alley and corner of lands of Gettysburg College
7 by said alley and said College land N 5° E 321 ft. post
8 by said College land S 66° E 216.5 ft. point in the State Highway, being a continuation of Carlisle Street
9 in said State Highway N 5° E 58.5 ft. point
10 by lands of Adams County S 79° E 209.4 ft. post, place of BEGINNING

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Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View Annexation Gettysburg Borough 1948 Ordinance yes* Aug 2, 1948