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Leacock-Leola-Bareville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 6,625.The area is heavily populated by the Amish and Mennonites.
The Amish settlement in the Kishacoquillas Valley was founded in 1791. It is the third-oldest Amish settlement still in existence. It is the third-oldest Amish settlement still in existence. In 2013 there were 26 Amish church districts, indicating an estimated Amish population of more than 3,000 people.
The majority of the settled portion of the township is in Sinking Valley, between the two arms of the mountain. According to the United States Census Bureau , Tyrone Township has a total area of 41.9 square miles (108.4 km 2 ), of which 41.8 square miles (108.3 km 2 ) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2 ), or 0.11%, is water.
It sits at the southwestern end of Sinking Creek Valley, between two arms of Brush Mountain, rising to the west and the southeast. Kettle Road is the main route through Sickles Corner: it leads northeastward 8 miles (13 km), down the Sinking Creek Valley, to Pennsylvania Route 453 near the Little Juniata River , and southwestward through ...
Amish settled in the area by 1791. Mennonites arrived soon after and the two groups dominate the area's population. Though some Amish churches in the area allow members to drive motorized vehicles, most local Amish drive horse-powered buggies. The color of the buggy tops, yellow, white, or black, indicate the owner's church membership. [3]
Sinking Run flows northeast into Sinking Valley and joins the Little Juniata River at the northeastern end of Tyrone Township. Kettle Road is the only through road in Elberta. It leads west through the Kettle Creek water gap in Brush Mountain 4 miles (6 km) to Altoona , while to the northeast it leads 11 miles (18 km) through Sinking Valley to ...
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Location of Blair County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Blair County, Pennsylvania.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States.