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Lancaster County

Lancaster County is in . It is noted for its high Amish population, countryside, Pennsylvania Dutch food and crafts and historic city and other towns.
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is a city of around 59,000 people in County in the . It is one of the oldest inland towns in the United States, and the center of an area inhabited by many members of the Amish community.

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is a small Amish village in Lancaster County in . is a popular site for tourists because of its location in Amish country and its sexually suggestive name.

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is a small town in . The town was mainly agricultural until the 1900s, when Klien Chocolate Company and several shoe factories opened.

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is a town of 9,400 people in Lancaster County, . Founded in 1756, is known for its quaint, tree-lined streets and historic district, its many unique shops, museums, businesses, inns, bed and breakfasts, Wilbur Chocolate, and Sturgis Pretzel.

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is a borough in Lancaster County, , United States. It developed as a linear village stretching approximately 2 miles along the Great Conestoga Road, later known as the Road.

is a town in . is a good destination to be secluded from the hustle and bustle but also close to all the action.

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

Lancaster County

Latitude of center
40.0807° or 40° 4′ 50″ north
Longitude of center
-76.2411° or 76° 14′ 28″ west
Population
519,000
Elevation
367 feet (112 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2679399983
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5197085
Wiki­data ID
Q142369
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Lancaster County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Lancaster County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة لانكستر”
  • Armenian: “Լանկաստեր շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Lancaster”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lankaster dairəsi”
  • Basque: “Lancaster konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Lancaster County, Pennsylvania”
  • Bavarian: “Lancaster County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Ланкастэр”
  • Belarusian: “Ланкастэр (акруга)”
  • Belarusian: “Ланкастэр”
  • Bishnupriya: “লাঙ্কাস্টার কাউন্টি, পেনসিলভানিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “লাঙ্কাস্টার কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Ланкастър”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Lancaster”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Lancaster”
  • Cebuano: “Lancaster County”
  • Chechen: “Ланкастер”
  • Chinese: “Lancaster Kūn”
  • Chinese: “蘭開斯特縣”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Lancaster, Pennsylvani”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Lancaster”
  • Czech: “Lancaster County”
  • Dutch: “Lancaster County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Lancaster”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Lancaster”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Lankastro”
  • Esperanto: “Lancaster County”
  • Finnish: “Lancasterin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Lancaster”
  • French: “Comté de Lancaster”
  • Georgian: “ლანკასტერის ოლქი”
  • German: “Lancaster County”
  • German: “Lengeschder Kaundi”
  • Gilaki: “لنکستر ٚ شأرستان (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “لنکستر ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Λάνκαστερ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Λάνκαστερ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז לנקסטר, פנסילבניה”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז לנקסטר”
  • Hungarian: “Lancaster megye”
  • Indonesian: “County Lancaster, Pennsylvania”
  • Irish: “Contae Lancaster, Pennsylvania”
  • Irish: “Contae Lancaster”
  • Italian: “contea di Lancaster”
  • Italian: “Contea di Lancaster”
  • Japanese: “ランカスター郡”
  • Korean: “랭커스터군”
  • Latin: “Lancaster Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Lancaster County”
  • Mazanderani: “لنکستر شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Lancaster Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lancaster Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lancaster County”
  • Norwegian: “Lancaster County”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Lengeschder Kaundi”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لانکستر، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لانکستر”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لنکستر”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Lancaster”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Lancaster”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Lancaster, Pennsylvania”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Lancaster”
  • Russian: “Ланкастер”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Lancaster”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lancaster County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Ланкастер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lancaster County, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lancaster County”
  • Slovenian: “Lancaster County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Lancaster”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Lancaster (Pensilvania)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Lancaster”
  • Swedish: “Lancaster County, Pennsylvania”
  • Swedish: “Lancaster County”
  • Tatar: “Графство Ланкастер (округ, Пенсильвания)”
  • Tatar: “Ланкастер”
  • Tumbuka: “Lancaster County”
  • Turkish: “Lancaster County, Pa.”
  • Turkish: “Lancaster County, PA”
  • Turkish: “Lancaster County, Pensilvanya”
  • Turkish: “Lancaster County”
  • Turkish: “Lancaster ilçesi, Pa.”
  • Turkish: “Lancaster ilçesi, PA”
  • Turkish: “Lancaster ilçesi, Pensilvanya”
  • Turkish: “Lancaster ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ланкастер”
  • Urdu: “لنکاسٹر کاؤنٹی، پنسلوانیا”
  • Urdu: “لنکاسٹر کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Lancaster”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lancaster, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lancaster”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lancaster, Pennsylvania”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lancaster”
  • Welsh: “Lancaster County, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Lancaster County”
  • Western Panjabi: “لینکاسٹر کاؤنٹی”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Lancaster County”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.