Swartzville is an

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and

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(CDP) in East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,283.

Geography

Swartzville is in northeastern Lancaster County, in the northeast part of East Cocalico Township. It is bordered to the northeast by the borough of Adamstown, to the southeast by the

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freeway, and to the southwest by Interstate 76, the

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(North Reading Road) passes through the community, leading northeast through Adamstown to US-222 and southwest to Ephrata.

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(Swartzville Road) crosses PA 272 in the center of Swartzville, leading northwest to Reinholds and south to Terre Hill. Via US 222, Lancaster, the

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, is to the southwest and

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is to the northeast. Exit 266 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike is south of Swartzville. According to the

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, the Swartzville CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.48%, are water. The west side of Swartzville drains via Stony Run to Cocalico Creek, and the east side drains to Little Muddy Creek, a tributary of Muddy Creek. Cocalico and Muddy creeks both flow southwest to the

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, part of the

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watershed.

References

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