Refton 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 counte ...
(CDP) in
Strasburg Township,
Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania
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, United States, with a
ZIP code of 17560. The community is located along
U.S. Route 222. As of the 2010 census, the population was 298.
Geography
The community is in central Lancaster County, in the western corner of Strasburg Township. It is bordered to the northwest by
Pequea Creek and to the southwest by its tributary,
Big Beaver Creek. U.S. Route 222 passes through the northeastern side of the community, leading north to the center of
Lancaster, the
county seat
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, and southeast to
Quarryville.
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, the Refton CDP has a total area of , of which , or 1.79%, are water.
Via Pequea Creek the community is part of the
Susquehanna River
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watershed.
Demographics
References
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Populated places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania