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Blue Ball is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Blue Ball lies approximately 2 miles (3 km) east-northeast of the borough of New Holland at the intersection of US 322 and PA Route 23. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,095. [4]
Pennsylvania Route 23 (PA 23) is an 81.14-mile-long (130.58 km) state highway in southeastern Pennsylvania.The route begins at PA 441 in Marietta and heads east to U.S. Route 1 (US 1) at City Avenue on the border of Lower Merion Township and Philadelphia.
Portions of West Main, East Main, North State, South State Streets, and Washington Avenue 40°10′41″N 76°10′39″W / 40.178056°N 76.1775°W / 40.178056; -76.1775 ( Ephrata Commercial Historic
The route runs past the Shady Maple Smorgasbord and the Shady Maple Farm Market before it reaches an intersection with PA 23 (Main Street) to the east of Blue Ball. PA 897 turns west to form a concurrency with PA 23 on Main Street, running between farmland to the north and development to the south. [2] [3] PA 897 south in Terre Hill
Pennsylvania Route 73 (PA 73) is a 62.32-mile (100.29 km) long east–west state highway in southeastern Pennsylvania.It runs from PA 61 near Leesport southeast to the New Jersey state line on the Tacony–Palmyra Bridge over the Delaware River in Philadelphia, where the road continues south as New Jersey Route 73.
Pennsylvania Route 772 (East and West Newport Road) joins PA 340 for two blocks in the center of town; it leads northwest 6 miles (10 km) to Leola and southeast 6 miles (10 km) to Gap. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the Intercourse CDP has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.5 km 2 ), of which 0.6 acres (2,396 m 2 ), or 0.04%, are water ...
It leads north 11 miles (18 km) to Blue Ball, passing over Welsh Mountain along the way. Pennsylvania Route 741 starts at the intersection of PA 41 and Bridge Street in the center of the gap. The route leads west 19 miles (31 km) to Millersville. The Gap Fire Co. is located along Pequea Avenue, one block west of PA 41.
It was also known as Blue Ball, for the nearby blue ball clay deposits, [3] but the local post office received the name West Decatur. [ 4 ] West Decatur lies along the old Philipsburg and Susquehanna Turnpike, which was part of a through route between Philadelphia and Erie , and is thus now called Old Erie Pike.