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Rothsville, Pennsylvania
Rothsville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,044 at the 2010 census. Lititz is the town for residents' mailing addresses. History Rothsville was founded in 1790 by Philip Roth, an early settler and tavern keeper. Geography Rothsville is located in northern Lancaster County, in the eastern part of Warwick Township. Pennsylvania Route 772 is the community's Main Street; the highway leads west to Lititz and southeast to U.S. Route 222 in Brownstown. Lancaster, the county seat, is south-southwest of Rothsville, and Ephrata is to the northeast. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.67%, are water. Cocalico Creek and its tributary Hammer Creek form the northeast boundary of Rothsville (as well as the border with Ephrata Township), and Lititz Run forms the southwest boundary. Cocalico Creek and Lititz Run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census-designated Place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing cities, towns, and villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, edge cities, colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement communities and their environs. The boundaries of any CDP may change from decade to decade, and the Census Bureau may de-establish a CDP after a period of study, then re-establish it some decades later. Most unin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |