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This historic district includes 578 contributing buildings that are located in a predominantly residential area of Lancaster, with buildings mostly dating to between about 1840 and 1910. The district also includes a few buildings dating to the eighteenth century. Residential buildings include two- and three-story Victorian brick rowhouses.
PA 283 crosses the Conewago Creek into Mount Joy Township in Lancaster County and continues southeast through farmland, passing over the Conewago Recreation Trail before coming to a diamond interchange with PA 743 that serves the borough of Elizabethtown to the south. PA 341 Truck splits from PA 283 at this interchange by heading north on PA 743.
The area that became Lancaster County was part of William Penn's 1681 charter. [8] John Kennerly received the first recorded deed from Penn in 1691. [9] Although Matthias Kreider was said to have been in the area as early as 1691, there is no evidence that any Europeans settled in Lancaster County before 1710.
Historically, the Lancaster County covered bridges were painted with red sides and all-white portals. [6] Today most of the bridges retain this pattern, however, some of the portals are painted red with white trim (such as on the Zook's Mill Covered Bridge) or all-red (such as on the Pool Forge Covered Bridge). A number of these bridges also ...
The freeway passes over a York Railway line and curves northeast, passing under PA 234. The route continues northeast and comes to a diamond interchange with PA 74 in a business area north of West York, with the West Manchester Town Center shopping center located northwest of the interchange. US 30 widens to six lanes before the freeway section ...
The Warrant Maps of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Masthof Press, Morgantown, PA. Jurgelski, Susan (1993). "Uncovering History / 18th-century Hess Homestead to be on Historic Preservation Trust Tour". Lancaster New Era, Lancaster, PA. Hess, Clarke (2008). A Brief History of the Rome Mill. Monograph, Lititz. Hess, John H. (1880).
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It is in the central area of the county, and it immediately surrounds Lancaster City. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 18,591. [2] Lancaster Township is one of the six immediate suburbs of the city of Lancaster, all sharing the same official designation as Lancaster, Pennsylvania, by the United States Postal Service. [3]