Wenksville | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Adams |
Coordinates: | 39.99°N -77.3106°W |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Timezone1 Dst: | Eastern Daylight Time |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 17307 |
Blank Name: | GNIS ID |
Blank Info: | 1190830[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.https://books.google.com/books?id=WesRAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Pine+Grove+furnace+to+Old+Slate+Quarry%22&pg=PA625 A United Methodist society was organized in the "Wanksville" community .http://www.lycoming.edu/umarch/open_churches/adams.htm