Farmersville is a rural

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settlement and a

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 counte ...

(CDP) in West Earl Township, Lancaster County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 991.

Geography

Farmersville is in northeastern Lancaster County, in the eastern part of West Earl Township. It is south of the borough of Ephrata and northeast of

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, the

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. Farmersville is near no major roads, with the town center being at the intersection of North Farmersville Road and East Farmersville Road. The Farmersville CDP includes the neighborhood of Fairmount to the east, at the intersection of East Farmersville Road and Katze Boucle Weeg (Cat's Back Road). According to the

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, the Farmersville CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.18%, are water. The community drains north to the

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and south to Groff Creek, a tributary of the Conestoga. The entire area is part of the

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Demographics

Notable person

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, former professional cyclist; born in Farmersville

References

{{authority control Populated places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania