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Ephrata (/ ˈ ɛ f r ə t ə / EF-rə-tə; Pennsylvania German: Effridaa) is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.It is located 42 miles (68 km) east of Harrisburg and about 60 miles (97 km) west-northwest of Philadelphia and is named after Ephrath, the former name for current-day Bethlehem. [3]
Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Country: United States: State: Pennsylvania: ... Ephrata Township is a township in northeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, ...
The oldest building dates to 1808 and is the Eagle Hotel. Other notable buildings include the I.G. Sprecher & Sons Hardware (1911), Richard Heitler House (1820), J.W. Yost Liquor Store (c. 1880), Ephrata Railroad Station (1887–1889), U.S. Post Office (1937), Ephrata National Bank (1925), and Grant and Wenger Feed Mill (1924).
Pennsylvania Route 897 (PA 897) is a 41.7-mile-long (67.1 km) north–south route in eastern Pennsylvania, United States.The southern terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Route 30 (US 30) in Gap.
The borough of Ephrata is 3 miles (5 km) to the southwest, and Lancaster, the county seat, is 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Stevens. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the Stevens CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (4.0 km 2 ), of which 0.1 acres (246 m 2 ), or 0.01%, are water. [ 1 ]
It is 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Ephrata and 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Lancaster, the county seat. The main route through Brownstown is Pennsylvania Route 772 (South State Street), which leads northwest 6 miles (10 km) to Lititz and southeast 3 miles (5 km) to Leola .
U.S. Route 322 (Division Highway) passes through East Earl, leading northwest 9 miles (14 km) to Ephrata and southeast 20 miles (32 km) to Downingtown. Pennsylvania Route 897 (Springville Road) leads south 11 miles (18 km) to Gap and north 10 miles (16 km) to Swartzville. Lancaster, the county seat, is 16 miles (26 km) to the southwest.
The frontage roads serve the interchanges at PA 672 (Fruitville Pike), PA 501, and US 222/PA 272 to the north of Lancaster. Past the US 222/PA 272 interchange, the frontage roads end and US 222 heads east concurrent with US 30 on the freeway before US 222 splits northeast on a freeway at a trumpet interchange.