Akron
Akron is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 4,169.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 4,020 residents
- Description: borough in northern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Akron, PA” and “Akron, Pennsylvania”
- Postal code: 17501
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ephrata Cloister and Ephrata High School.
Ephrata Cloister
Museum
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The Ephrata Cloister or Ephrata Community was a religious community, established in 1732 by Johann Conrad Beissel at Ephrata, in what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Ephrata Cloister is situated 2 miles north of Akron.
Ephrata High School
School
Ephrata High School is a sub-urban/urban, public secondary school in the Ephrata Area School District located in Ephrata in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Ephrata High School is situated 2 miles north of Akron.
Mentzer Building
Building
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Mentzer Building is a historic commercial building located at Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1889, and is a three-story, brick building in the Queen Anne style. Mentzer Building is situated 2 miles northeast of Akron.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ephrata Commercial Historic District and Ephrata.
Ephrata Commercial Historic District
Neighborhood
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Ephrata Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 36 contributing buildings in the central business district of Ephrata. Ephrata Commercial Historic District is situated 2 miles northeast of Akron.
Ephrata
Town
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Ephrata is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 42 miles east of Harrisburg and about 60 miles west-northwest of Philadelphia and is named after Ephrath, the former name for current-day Bethlehem. Ephrata is situated 2 miles northeast of Akron.
Brownstown
Village
Brownstown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in West Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,816. Brownstown is situated 2½ miles south of Akron.
Akron
- Categories: borough of Pennsylvania and locality
- Location: Borough of Akron, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.15676° or 40° 9′ 24″ northLongitude
-76.20217° or 76° 12′ 8″ westPopulation
4,020Elevation
522 feet (159 metres)United Nations Location Code
US ARNOpen location code
87G55Q4X+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 158495617OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Akron” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أكرون”
- Basque: “Akron”
- Cebuano: “Akron”
- Chechen: “Акрон”
- Chinese: “Akron”
- Chinese: “阿克伦”
- Chinese: “阿克倫”
- Dutch: “Akron”
- French: “Akron”
- German: “Akron”
- Gilaki: “أکرن (پنسيلوانيا)”
- Gilaki: “أکرن”
- Haitian: “Akron, Pennsilvani”
- Haitian: “Akron”
- Indonesian: “Akron, Pennsylvania”
- Indonesian: “Akron”
- Italian: “Akron”
- Ladin: “Akron”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Akron”
- Pennsylvania German: “Akron, Pennsilfaani”
- Pennsylvania German: “Akron”
- Persian: “آکرون”
- Persian: “اکرون، پنسیلوانیا”
- Portuguese: “Akron”
- Russian: “Акрон”
- Serbian: “Akron”
- Serbian: “Акрон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Akron, Pennsylvania”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Akron”
- South Azerbaijani: “آکرون، پنسیلوانیا”
- Spanish: “Akron”
- Tatar: “Акрон”
- Ukrainian: “Акрон”
- Urdu: “اکرون، پنسلوانیا”
- Urdu: “اکرون”
- Uzbek: “Akron”
- Uzbek: “Акрон”
- Vietnamese: “Akron, Pennsylvania”
- Vietnamese: “Akron”
- Volapük: “Akron”
- Welsh: “Akron, Pennsylvania”
- Welsh: “Akron”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Heatherwood Heights and Cooperwood Lane.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Broad Street Park and Akron Grace Church.
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