Ronks is a small
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farming community and
census-designated place
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(CDP) in
East Lampeter Township
East Lampeter Township is a township in central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 17,834.
East Lampeter Township is one of the six suburbs that border the city of Lancaster, all sharing the sa ...
,
Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania
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, United States, just west of
Paradise
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.
Topozone-Ronks, Pennsylvania
/ref> As of the 2010 census the population was 362.Amish
The Amish (; pdc, Amisch; german: link=no, Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German and Alsatian origins. They are closely related to Mennonite churc ...
and Mennonite
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population. The Ronks ZIP code of 17572 covers a much larger area than the CDP, extending south into Strasburg Township and east into Leacock Township. Within this larger area are several Amish-themed tourist attractions, shops, restaurants, and lodging.
Geography
Ronks is in east-central Lancaster County, in the eastern part of East Lampeter Township. It is bordered to the north by Bird-in-Hand and to the southeast by Soudersburg. U.S. Route 30
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, the Lincoln Highway
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, forms the southern edge of the community, with the center of Ronks to the north along Ronks Road. Lancaster, the county seat
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, is to the west.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau
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, the Ronks CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.02%, are water.
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Populated places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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