Landisville 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
East Hempfield Township,
Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania
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, United States. As of the
2010 census the population was 1,893.
The community was once part of the
Salunga-Landisville CDP, before splitting into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census, the other being
Salunga.
Geography
Landisville is located along Old Harrisburg Pike, northwest of
Lancaster, the
county seat
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.
Pennsylvania Route 283, a four-lane expressway, forms the northern edge of the community, with access from
Pennsylvania Route 722
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, southeast of town, and from Spooky Nook Road, northwest of town, on the northern edge of Salunga. PA 283 leads southeast to Lancaster and northwest to
Harrisburg
Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the 9th largest city and 15th largest municipality in Pe ...
, the state capital.
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, the Landisville CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.31%, are water.
The community drains east to Swarr Run, a southeast-flowing tributary of
Little Conestoga Creek and part of the
Conestoga River watershed flowing to the
Susquehanna River.
Climate
Demographics
References
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Census-designated places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania