Churchtown, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 40°7′59″N 75°57′53″W / 40.13306°N 75.96472°W

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Churchtown, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
Bangor Episcopal Church
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Coordinates: 40°7′59″N 75°57′53″W / 40.13306°N 75.96472°W / 40.13306; -75.96472
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lancaster
Township	Caernarvon
Area ^[1]
• Total	1.90 sq mi (4.92 km²)
• Land	1.89 sq mi (4.88 km²)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.04 km²)
Elevation	564 ft (172 m)
Population (2020)^[2]
• Total	417
• Density	221.22/sq mi (85.43/km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	17555
Area code	717
FIPS code	42-13632
GNIS feature ID	1171873^[3]

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

Historical population
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.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Lancaster
City	Lancaster
Boroughs	Adamstown‡ Akron Christiana Columbia Denver East Petersburg Elizabethtown Ephrata Lititz Manheim Marietta Millersville Mount Joy Mountville New Holland Quarryville Strasburg Terre Hill
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