Wenksville
Unincorporated community
Coordinates: 39°59′24″N 77°18′38″W / 39.99000°N 77.31056°W / 39.99000; -77.31056[1]
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyAdams
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
ZIP code
17307
GNIS ID1190830[1]

Wenksville is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States, at the foot of South Mountain and near the Old Slate Quarry serviced by the 1891 Hunter's Run and Slate Belt Railroad. A United Methodist society was organized in the "Wanksville" community c.1844.

References

  1. 1 2 "Wenksville (1190830)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
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