Abbottstown, Pennsylvania has an unemployment rate of 3.2% compared to the US average of 3.9%. The city has seen the job market increase by 1.3% over the last year with predicted future job growth of 30.7% over the next ten years. This is lower than the US average of 33.5%. The sales tax rate for Abbottstown is 6.0% compared to the US average of 7.3% while the income tax rate is 4.6% which is the same as the US average. The average income of an Abbottstown resident is $21,960 a year compared to the US average of $28,555 a year while the median household income is $57,115 a year compared to the US average of $53,482 a year.
It's Fastnacht Day! Here's where can you get that doughy goodness
It's that time of year again, time to figure out where to get your fastnachts for Shrove Tuesday. The tradition of making these doughy delights began with the need to use up all the sugar, butter and lard in the house before the start of Lent. Read more here.
Fasnachts are fried doughnuts of German origin and served traditionally in the days of Carnival and Fastnacht or on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lenten season starts. They are part of Easter traditions in Pennsylvania Dutch country including Lancaster, York, and Berks counties in south-central Pennsylvania. Fastnacht Day is also known as Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, and Pancake Day. Some of the places that you can go to for fastnachts are Maple Donuts, Saubel's, Community Fire Company of Seven Valleys, Emingee's Fastnachts and Coffee at Morningstar Market Place, Brown's Orchards and Farm Market, Dawn's My Favorite Deli, and Flinchbaugh's Orchard & Farm Market.
Sacred Heart Basilica in Abbottstown, PA
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, also known as Conewago Chapel, was founded in 1730. A combination log dwelling and the chapel was then built by 1741 and was named St. Mary of the Assumption. The Conewago congregation had grown to over a thousand members by 1784, making it the largest Catholic parish in early America. With the active help of parishioners, a new church, the largest Catholic church structure within the new nation, was started in 1785 and completed in 1787. This became the first church in America dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and probably the first parish church in the Western Hemisphere with the title. It is considered the oldest Catholic church building in the United States built of stone.
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