East Earl is an

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and

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(CDP) in East Earl Township, Lancaster County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,144.

Geography

East Earl is in northeastern Lancaster County, in the south-central part of East Earl Township. It is bordered to the northwest by

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. U.S. Route 322 (Division Highway) passes through East Earl, leading northwest to

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and southeast to Downingtown. Pennsylvania Route 897 (Springville Road) leads south to Gap and north to Swartzville. Lancaster, the

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, is to the southwest. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the East Earl CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.27%, are water. The community drains northeast and northwest to the Conestoga River and southwest to Mill Creek, a tributary of the Conestoga.

Demographics

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania