Chickies Historic District is a national

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located at East Donegal Township, West Hempfield Township, and

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, United States. The district includes 32 contributing buildings, 16 contributing sites, and four contributing structures in three areas. They are: 1) floodplain along the

Susquehanna River The Susquehanna River (; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South. At long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the ...

containing archaeological remains of iron furnaces; 2) the "Ironmasters' Hill" area of Marietta with five residences associated with ironmasters (c. 1848–1876); and 3) the

Donegal Creek Donegal Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 24, 2019 tributary of Chiques Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The stream rises from ...

area with farmland, iron pits, and

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quarries owned by the ironmasters. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the

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in 2005.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic districts in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania