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Wakefield, Pennsylvania
Wakefield is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) within Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 609. It is the largest community within the " Peach Bottom" ZIP code, with the area post office on Pennsylvania Route 272, just north of town. Geography Wakefield is in southern Lancaster County, in the north-central part of Fulton Township. The Wakefield CDP includes Wakefield proper as well as the community of Penn Hill to the north, at the northern junction of PA 272 and U.S. Route 222. Both highways lead north to Lancaster, the county seat. PA 272's route is more direct, leading north-northwest through Buck to Lancaster, while US 222 curves north-northeast through Quarryville and rejoins PA 272 at Willow Street for a route to the city. To the south from Wakefield, US 222 leads to U.S. Route 1 in Maryland, just north of Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River, while PA 272 leads ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing city (United States), cities, town (United States), towns, and village (United States), villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated area, unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, Edge city, edge cities, colonia (United States), colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement community, retirement communities and their environs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 272
Pennsylvania Route 272 (PA 272) is a highway in southeastern Pennsylvania, in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Lancaster area. The southern terminus of the route is at the Mason–Dixon line southeast of Nottingham, Pennsylvania, Nottingham, where the road continues into Maryland as Maryland Route 272 (MD 272). The northern terminus is at an interchange with U.S. Route 222 (US 222) and Pennsylvania Route 568, PA 568 near Adamstown, Pennsylvania, Adamstown, where PA 568 continues east. The route heads from the Maryland border northwest through the southwestern corner of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chester County, intersecting U.S. Route 1 in Pennsylvania, US 1 in Nottingham. PA 272 continues west into Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County and intersects US 222 in Wakefield, Pennsylvania, Wakefield, where it turns north and passes through Buck, Pennsylvania, Buck before widening into a divided highway as it comes to another junction with US 222 in Willow Street, Pennsylvan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conowingo Creek
Conowingo Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Cecil County, Maryland. The name of the creek comes from the Lenape, meaning "at the rapids". It originates near the northern border of East Drumore Township and flows south, meeting Jackson Run near the southern border. It enters Fulton Township just above the birthplace of Robert Fulton, for whom the township is named. Flowing along the east side of Wakefield, it meets Little Conowingo Creek below the town, and begins to flow through hillier terrain before entering Maryland. Its valley soon deepens into a gorge as it approaches the Susquehanna. It empties into the Conowingo Reservoir at Pilot Station. See also *List of rivers of Maryland *List of rivers of Pennsylvania References {{authority control Rivers of Maryland Rivers of Pennsylvania Trib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham, Pennsylvania
Nottingham is an unincorporated community and census-designated place that is located in West Nottingham Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. History and notable features It is home to the 651-acre Nottingham County Park, a serpentine barrens that is listed as a National Natural Landmark. A Herr's Snacks plant, which was founded in 1946, is also located in the community. The U.S. Post Office for Nottingham is located on Baltimore Pike. Geography The community is located at the intersection of U.S. 1 and Pennsylvania Route 272, near the border with East Nottingham Township and a short distance north of the Maryland border. Demographics As of 2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ..., this CDP had a population of 1,260. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susquehanna River
The Susquehanna River ( ; Unami language, Lenape: ) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, crossing three lower Northeastern United States, Northeast states (New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland). At long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the United States. By Drainage basin, watershed area, it is the 16th-largest river in the United States,Susquehanna River Trail Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, accessed March 25, 2010.Susquehanna River , Green Works Radio, accessed March 25, 2010. and also the longest river in the early 21st-century continental United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conowingo Dam
The Conowingo Dam (also Conowingo Hydroelectric Plant, Conowingo Hydroelectric Station) is a large hydroelectric dam in the lower Susquehanna River near the town of Conowingo, Maryland, Conowingo, Maryland. The medium-height, masonry gravity dam is one of the largest non-federal hydroelectric dams in the U.S., and the largest dam in the state of Maryland. The dam sits about from the River, river mouth at the Chesapeake Bay, south of the Pennsylvania border and northeast of Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore, on the border between Cecil County, Maryland, Cecil and Harford County, Maryland, Harford counties. The dam supports a 9,000-acre reservoir, which today covers the original town of Conowingo. During dam construction, the town was moved to its present location about northeast of the dam's eastern end. The rising water also would have covered Conowingo Bridge, the original U.S. Route 1 in Maryland, U.S. Route 1 crossing, so it was demolished in 1927. U.S. Route 1 now crosses ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east, as well as with the Atlantic Ocean to its east, and the national capital and federal district of Washington, D.C. to the southwest. With a total area of , Maryland is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, ninth-smallest state by land area, and its population of 6,177,224 ranks it the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 18th-most populous state and the List of states and territories of the United States by population density, fifth-most densely populated. Maryland's capital city is Annapolis, Maryland, Annapolis, and the state's most populous city is Baltimore. Maryland's coastline was first explored by Europeans in the 16th century. Prior to that, it was inhabited by several Native Americans in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Willow Street is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,578 at the 2010 census. In the early part of the 20th century, the main thoroughfare in town was lined with willow trees on both sides for the length of the town, hence the community's name. As time passed and the town grew, the road was widened and sidewalks were installed, which required the trees be removed. Only a few of the original trees remain to this day. One tall willow tree was situated behind Kendig Square Plaza, but it was downed during a wind storm during late February/early March 2018. It is the location of the Hans Herr House, the oldest homestead in Lancaster County, and also the Martin Meylin Gunshop, where the long rifle was first made. Geography Willow Street is located in central Lancaster County at . It is primarily in West Lampeter Township, with a portion extending west into Pequea Township. It is bordere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quarryville, Pennsylvania
Quarryville is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,852 at the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 2,576 tabulated in 2010. Geography Quarryville is located in southern Lancaster County at (39.895402, -76.162175). U.S. Route 222 passes through the borough, leading northwest to Lancaster, the county seat, and south to U.S. Route 1 in Conowingo, Maryland. Pennsylvania Route 372 (State Street) also passes through Quarryville, leading east to Parkesburg and west to its crossing of the Susquehanna River near Holtwood. Pennsylvania Route 472 (South Lime Street) leads southeast from Quarryville to Oxford. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough of Quarryville has a total area of , of which , or 1.53%, are water. The borough is drained by the headwaters of the South Fork of Big Beaver Creek, a northwestward-flowing tributary of Pequea Creek, itself a tributary of the Susquehanna River. Demographics As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buck, Pennsylvania
Buck is an unincorporated community in East Drumore Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Pennsylvania Route 272 Pennsylvania Route 272 (PA 272) is a highway in southeastern Pennsylvania, in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Lancaster area. The southern terminus of the route is at the Mason–Dixon line southeast of Nottingham, Pennsylvania, Nottingham, where ... passes through the community. It is the location of the Buck Motorsports Park, a local attraction. References External links * {{authority control Unincorporated communities in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
