Conestoga Township
Conestoga is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 1,163. The Conestoga post office serves ZIP code 17516.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 1,160 residents
- Description: census designated place in Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Conestoga”, “Conestoga, PA”, “Conestoga, Pennsylvania”, and “Township of Conestoga”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Safe Harbor Bridge and Colemanville Covered Bridge.
Safe Harbor Bridge
Bridge
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The Safe Harbor Bridge also known as the Safe Harbor Trestle, Port Road Bridge and the Enola Low Grade Line Steel Trestle is a steel deck truss trestle that spans the Conestoga River at Safe Harbor, Pennsylvania near the Susquehanna River for the Port Road Branch and the former Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad along the Susquehanna River.
Colemanville Covered Bridge
Bridge
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The Colemanville Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans Pequea Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. After Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge, it is Lancaster County's second-longest single-span covered bridge still being used. Colemanville Covered Bridge is situated 2½ miles south of Conestoga Township.
Safe Harbor Dam
Industrial building
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The Safe Harbor Dam is a concrete gravity dam, with an associated hydroelectric power station, on the lower Susquehanna River. It is the most northerly and last of three Great Depression-era public electrification projects' hydroelectric dams, and was constructed between April 1, 1930, and December 7, 1931.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pequea and Safe Harbor.
Pequea
Village
Pequea is an unincorporated community that is located in Martic Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated where Route 324 ends at the Susquehanna River, twelve miles south of Lancaster. Pequea is situated 3 miles south of Conestoga Township.
Safe Harbor
Hamlet
Safe Harbor is an unincorporated community located within Conestoga Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The general location was an early staging area for Native American tribes traversing the Susquehanna River from the settlements surrounding Conestoga and present day Manor Township.
Martic Forge
Hamlet
Martic Forge is an unincorporated community in Martic Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Martic Forge is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 324 and River Road, just east of the Pequea Creek. Martic Forge is situated 2½ miles southeast of Conestoga Township.
Conestoga Township
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Conestoga Township” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Conestoga”
- Catalan: “Conestoga (CDP)”
- Catalan: “Conestoga”
- Cebuano: “Conestoga”
- Chechen: “Конестога”
- French: “Conestoga”
- German: “Conestoga”
- Irish: “Conestoga”
- Italian: “Conestoga”
- Ladin: “Conestoga”
- Malagasy: “Conestoga, Pennsylvania”
- Malagasy: “Conestoga”
- Pennsylvania German: “Conestoga”
- Pennsylvania German: “Kanneschtooge, PA”
- Pennsylvania German: “Kanneschtooge, Pennsilfaani”
- Pennsylvania German: “Kanneschtooge”
- Persian: “کونستوگا، پنسیلوانیا”
- Persian: “کونستوگا”
- Serbian: “Конестога”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Conestoga, Pennsylvania”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Conestoga”
- South Azerbaijani: “کونستوقا، پنسیلوانیا”
- Spanish: “Conestoga”
- Tatar: “Конестога”
- Turkish: “Conestoga, PA”
- Turkish: “Conestoga”
- Ukrainian: “Конестога”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Conestoga and Stone Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Zion Cemetery and Conestoga River.
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