Churchtown, Pennsylvania
Churchtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, along Pennsylvania Route 23. The population was 470 as of the 2010 census.[4]
History
The first settlers of the oldest Amish settlement still in existence, the Lancaster Amish settlement, settled near Churchtown.[5]
The Bangor Episcopal Church, Caernarvon Presbyterian Church and Edward Davies House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6]
Geography
Churchtown is in eastern Lancaster County, in the center of Caernarvon Township. Pennsylvania Route 23 is the community's Main Street, leading east 4 miles (6 km) to Morgantown and west 20 miles (32 km) to Lancaster, the county seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Churchtown CDP has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.04 km2), or 0.71%, are water.[7] The community sits on a ridge draining south to the Conestoga River, a west-flowing tributary of the Susquehanna River.
- Caernarvon Presbyterian Church
- Edward Davies House
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | 417 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[8][2] |
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Churchtown, Pennsylvania
- ^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Churchtown CDP, Pennsylvania". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "6 Takeaways from Our Conversation with Don Kraybill" at lancasteronline.com.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: Pennsylvania". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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