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Ephrata

Ephrata is a borough in , United States. It is located 42 miles east of and about 60 miles west-northwest of and is named after Ephrath, the former name for current-day .
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  • Type: Town with 13,100 residents
  • Description: borough in northern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as: “Ephrata, PA”, “Ephrata, Pennsylvania”, and “Ephratah”
  • Postal code: 17522

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mentzer Building and Ephrata Cloister.

Building
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is a historic commercial building located at Ephrata, . It was built in 1889, and is a three-story, brick building in the Queen Anne style.

Museum
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The or Ephrata Community was a religious community, established in 1732 by Johann Conrad Beissel at Ephrata, in what is now , Pennsylvania.

School
is a sub-urban/urban, public secondary school in the Ephrata Area School District located in Ephrata in , United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ephrata Commercial Historic District and Akron.

Neighborhood
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is a national historic district located at Ephrata, . The district includes 36 contributing buildings in the central business district of Ephrata.

Village
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is a borough in , United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 4,169. is situated 2 miles southwest of Ephrata.

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Township is a township in northeastern , , United States. The population was 10,391 at the 2020 census.

Ephrata

Latitude
40.17991° or 40° 10′ 48″ north
Longitude
-76.17892° or 76° 10′ 44″ west
Population
13,100
Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US EHP
Open location code
87G55RHC+XC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 157600071
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5188815
Wiki­data ID
Q1134073
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Ephrata” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Ephrata”
  • Cebuano: “Ephrata”
  • Chechen: “Ифрейта”
  • Chinese: “Ephrata”
  • Chinese: “埃夫拉塔”
  • Czech: “Ephrata”
  • Dutch: “Ephrata”
  • French: “Ephrata”
  • German: “Ephrata”
  • Gilaki: “افراتا (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “افراتا”
  • Haitian: “Ephrata, Pennsilvani”
  • Haitian: “Ephrata”
  • Hungarian: “Ephrata”
  • Italian: “Ephrata”
  • Japanese: “エフラタ”
  • Ladin: “Ephrata”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ephrata”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Effridaa, Pennsilfaani”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Effridaa”
  • Portuguese: “Ephrata”
  • Russian: “Эфрата”
  • Serbian: “Ефрата”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ephrata, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ephrata”
  • Spanish: “Ephrata (Pensilvania)”
  • Spanish: “Ephrata”
  • Swedish: “Ephrata, Pennsylvania”
  • Swedish: “Ephrata”
  • Tatar: “Ифрейта”
  • Ukrainian: “Іфрейта”
  • Uzbek: “Ephrata”
  • Uzbek: “Епҳрата”
  • Vietnamese: “Ephrata, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Ephrata”
  • Volapük: “Ephrata”
  • Welsh: “Ephrata, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Ephrata”

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