Exhibit 99.1

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
		Contact: Lynda L. Glass
		717.339.5085

ACNB CORPORATION DECLARES

FIRST QUARTER CASH DIVIDEND

GETTYSBURG, PA, February 2 — The Board of Directors of ACNB Corporation recently approved the issuance of the regular quarterly dividend. The cash dividend of $.19 per share is payable on March 13, 2009, to shareholders of record on February 27, 2009. This per share amount will result in aggregate dividend payments of more than $1.1 million to ACNB Corporation shareholders for the first quarter of 2009. In comparison to a year ago, ACNB Corporation also paid a $.19 dividend per share in the first quarter of 2008.

ACNB Corporation, headquartered in Gettysburg, PA, is the financial holding company for the wholly-owned subsidiaries of Adams County National Bank, Gettysburg, PA, and Russell Insurance Group, Inc., Westminster, MD. Originally founded in 1857, Adams County National Bank serves its marketplace via a network of 18 retail banking offices located throughout Adams County, PA, and in Dillsburg and Hanover, York County, PA, as well as a Chambersburg Loan Office in Franklin County, PA. Farmers National Bank of Newville, a division of Adams County National Bank, serves customers at three retail banking offices in the Newville, Cumberland County, PA, area. Russell Insurance Group, Inc. offers a broad range of commercial and personal insurance lines with licenses in 33 states, including Pennsylvania and Maryland, through offices in Westminster, Carroll County, and Germantown, Montgomery County, MD. On December 31, 2008, total assets of ACNB Corporation were $976.7 million.

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ACNB #2009-01

February 2, 2009