Churchtown is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 count ...
(CDP) in
Caernarvon Township,
Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania
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, United States, along
Pennsylvania Route 23
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. The population was 470 as of the 2010 census.
History
The first settlers of the oldest Amish settlement still in existence, the
Lancaster Amish settlement, settled near Churchtown.
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The Bangor Episcopal Church, Caernarvon Presbyterian Church and Edward Davies House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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.
Geography
Churchtown is in eastern Lancaster County, in the center of Caernarvon Township. Pennsylvania Route 23 is the community's Main Street, leading east to Morgantown and west to Lancaster, the county seat
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.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau
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, the Churchtown CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.71%, are water.
Demographics
References
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Populated places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania