Lancaster County Links
3000 N. Reading Road, Adamstown, PA, USA, 19501
www.adamstownboro.co.lancaster.pa.us/adamstown_boro/site/def
The 4th of July 1761 marks the exact date when William Addams laid out a town site in this valley, which was then know as Cocalico Township. “Addamsburry”, as the town was originally named, was located on the site of a former Indian Village. The Boro ...
117 South Seventh Street, Akron, PA, USA, 17501
One of the earliest buildings in our area was a log cabin built in 1724, eight years before George Washington was born. It was located at the foot of North Eleventh Street on the land which is now the Loyd Roland Memorial Park. The cabin was built by Phil ...
2147 Main Street, Churchtown, PA, USA, 17555
Link to Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, PA from D.L. Howell and Associates, Inc.
1803 Kirkwood Pike, Kirkwood, PA, USA, 17536
www.co.lancaster.pa.us/colerain/site/default.asp
Based on information gathered from the History of Southern Lancaster County, compiled by the Solanco Heritage Volunteers, and from Our Present Past, prepared by the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, Colerain Township was organized as a town ...
308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA, USA, 17512
www.co.lancaster.pa.us/columbia/site/default.asp
The history of Columbia Borough can be traced back to pre-historic times when Indians occupied the land area known today as Columbia. The first European settlers in the area arrived in 1726. The families of three men, John Wright, Robert Barber and Samu ...
501 Main Street, Denver, PA, USA, 17517
www.denverboro.net/denverboro/site/default.asp
Hans Bucher immigrated from Switzerland in 1735 and built a log cabin on a 325-acre tract of land. The area later was called “Bucher Thal” meaning Bucher’s Valley. The present farmhouse at 325 Locust Street, which was built around 1855, replaced the ori ...
517 North Railroad Avenue, New Hollond, PA, USA, 17557
In 1681, King George II granted William Penn, a Quaker, a Charter and he proceeded to establish a government for the new colony. Penn appointed a Governor, Provincial Council and a General Assemble, which was to be elected by the freemen of the colony. ...
190 Rock Point Road, Marietta, PA, USA, 17547
The original township of Donegal was organized by the court of Chester County in 1722, and was one of the two townships which composed Lancaster County at the time of its erection in 1729. On the 24th of June, 1838, a division was effected, whereby the ol ...
1700 Nissley Road, Landisville, PA, USA, 17538
When Lancaster County was formed in 1729, one of the original townships was Hempfield. The township included the areas now known as Columbia, Mountville and East Petersburg boroughs and Manor, West Hempfield and East Hempfield townships. Around 1740 Manor ...
2250 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster, PA, USA, 17602
www.eastlampetertownship.org/eastlampeter/site/default.asp
East LampEast Lampeter Township is located in beautiful and historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, just to the east of Lancaster City. East Lampeter is noted for its diversity of land uses, which include industry, business park, retail commercial, tour ...
489 Stony Hill Road, Quarryville, PA, USA, 17566
www.co.lancaster.pa.us/eden_township/site/default.asp
“The township of Eden was taken from Bart, and legally organized into a separate township in 1855, with boundaries as follows: North by Strasburg, northeast by Paradise, east by Bart, southeast by Coleraine, and southwest by Drumore, west by Providence. ...
423 South View Drive, Lititz, PA, USA, 17543
Elizabeth Township possesses a rich historical heritage. Established in 1757 from what was then Warwick Township, it was split again in 1853 to create the present Clay Township to the east. The area now comprising Elizabeth Township played an importa ...
600 South Hanover St., Elizabethtown, PA, USA, 17022
In 1730, Thomas Harris purchased a large tract of land and established a trading post on the Conoy Creek. This trading post became the Bear Tavern, which in 1753 was purchased by Barnabas and Elizabeth Hughes from County Donegal, Ireland. Barnabas Hug ...
124 South State Street, Ephrata, PA, USA, 17522
www.ephrataboro.org/ephrataboro/site/default.asp
Ephrata Borough is located in the northeastern section of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The Borough is the outgrowth of the famed religious community, the Cloisters, founded in the early 1700's by the German mystic Conrad Beissel. When the Cloister comm ...
265 Akron Road, Ephrata, PA, USA, 17522
www.ephratatownship.org/ephratatwp/site/default.asp
Link to Ephrata Township, Lancaster County, PA from D.L. Howell and Associates, Inc.
120 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA, USA, 17608
www.cityoflancasterpa.com/lancastercity/site/default.asp
A relatively small city of 7 square miles and 56,000 residents, Lancaster is located within driving distance of Washington DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Delaware beaches and the Jersey shore. But the City of Lancaster is about so much more than o ...
1240 Maple Avenue, Lancaster, PA, USA, 17603
Lancaster Township was established in 1729 as one of seventeen original townships in Lancaster County. It was the smallest of the townships with its boundaries defined by the Conestoga River, Manor Township, the Little Conestoga Creek, (East) Hempfield To ...
3545 W. Newport Rd., Intercourse, PA, USA, 17534
Link to Leacock Township, Lancaster County, PA from D.L. Howell and Associates, Inc.
15 East High Street, Manheim, PA, USA, 17545
Founded in 1762, the town of Manheim rightfully belongs in that select list of Pennsylvania towns which antedate the Revolutionary War. Of additional interest historically is the fact that the land on which the town was laid out has a close connection wit ...
1840 Municipal Drive, Lancaster, PA, USA, 17601
In 1917, the Rowe Motor Manufacturing Company built a plant on Fountain Avenue to manufacture trucks. This and other automotive businesses sparked hope that Lancaster would become the Detroit of the East. Unfortunately, Rowe Motor Manufacturing folded in ...
950 W. Fairway Dr., Lancaster, PA, USA, 17603
Manor Township takes its name from the Manor of Conestoga, which was originally surveyed and reserved for William Penn in 1719. There is evidence that William Penn visited this area prior to 1690. At this time the area was Native American territory. The S ...
370 Steinman Farm Road, Peque, PA, USA, 17565
www.co.lancaster.pa.us/martictwp/site/default.asp
Martic Township was organized as a Township in 1729. It borders Conestoga, Providence, Pequea and Drumore Townships. Our Township Municipal Building is located at 370 Steinman Farm Road, Pequea, in the town of Mt. Nebo.
100 Municipal Drive, Millersville, PA, USA, 17551
www.millersvilleborough.org/millersville/site/default.asp
Link to Millersville Borough, Lancaster County, PA from D.L. Howell and Associates, Inc.
21 East Main Street, Mount Joy, PA, USA, 17552
www.mountjoyborough.com/mount_joy_boro/site/default.asp
Link to Mount Joy Borough, Lancaster County, PA from D.L. Howell and Associates, Inc.
97 North Penryn Road, Manheim, PA, USA, 17545
www.co.lancaster.pa.us/penn/site/default.asp?pennNav=|
Most of the land in present Penn Township was separated from a larger Warwick Township in 1846. It also appears that some parts of a larger Rapho Township, mostly in the vicinity of Mount Hope, were annexed to Penn Township during the nineteenth century. ...
200 Mt. Airy Road, New Providence, PA, USA, 17560
www.co.lancaster.pa.us/providencetwp/site/default.asp
Link to Providence Township, Lancaster County, PA from D.L. Howell and Associates, Inc.
971 N. Colebrook Rd, Manheim, PA, USA, 17545
www.raphotownship.com/rapho/site/default.asp
Link to Rapho Township, Lancaster County, PA from D.L. Howell and Associates, Inc.
145 Precision Ave., Strasburg, PA, USA, 17579
www.co.lancaster.pa.us/strasburg_boro/site/default.asp
Strasburg Borough’s origins can be traced to the Old Conestoga Road, now Main Street, which passed through the area which was to be developed as the town of Strasburg. The Old Conestoga Road was already in use by 1714. Between 1730 and 1750 a tavern and ...
300 Broad Street, Terre Hill, PA, USA, 17581
Link to Terre Hill Borough, Lancaster County, PA from D.L. Howell and Associates, Inc.
36 Hillcrest Avenue, Leola, PA, USA, 17540
www.ultwp.com/upperleacocktwp/site/default.asp
The history of Upper Leacock Township can be traced to the beginnings of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the formation of the original seventeen townships of Lancaster County. In 1729, when Lancaster County was organized, Upper Leacock Township was i ...
