Smoketown is an unincorporated village and

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(CDP) in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County,

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, United States. Also known as Smoke Town, it is served by the

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. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 357.

Geography

Smoketown is in east-central Lancaster County, in the eastern part of East Lampeter Township, at the intersection of

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(Old Philadelphia Pike) and

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(Eastbrook Road). It is bordered to the east by Bird-in-Hand and to the north by Witmer. PA 340 leads west to Lancaster, the

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, and east the same distance to Intercourse, while PA 896 leads south to

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(the

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) and to Strasburg. According to the

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, the Smoketown CDP has a total area of , of which , or 1.29%, are water. Mill Creek, a southwestward-flowing tributary of the Conestoga River, forms the eastern border of Smoketown and separates it from Bird-in-Hand. Via the Conestoga River, the communities are part of the Susquehanna River watershed.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, Smoketown had a population of 119 in an area of 0.1 square mile. Of the population, 115 were white, and 4 belonged to two or more races. There were 47 housing units, making the average household size 2.53 people.The information on Smoketown are that of the 17576 ZIP Code, for which Smoketown is one and the same.

References

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