Rothsville 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
Warwick Township,
Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania
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, United States. The population was 3,044 at the 2010 census.
Lititz
Lititz is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, north of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Lancaster. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 9,370.
History
Lititz was ...
is the town for residents' mailing addresses.
History
Rothsville was founded in 1790 by Philip Roth, an early settler and tavern keeper.
Geography
Rothsville is located in northern Lancaster County, in the eastern part of Warwick Township.
Pennsylvania Route 772 is the community's Main Street; the highway leads west to Lititz and southeast to
U.S. Route 222 in
Brownstown.
Lancaster
Lancaster may refer to:
Lands and titles
*The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire
*Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies
*Duke of Lancaster
*Earl of Lancaster
*House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty
...
, the
county seat
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, is south-southwest of Rothsville, and
Ephrata is to the northeast.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.67%, are water.
Cocalico Creek
Cocalico Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Conestoga River in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Lebanon and Lancaster County, Pennsy ...
and its tributary
Hammer Creek form the northeastern boundary of Rothsville (as well as the border with
Ephrata Township), and
Lititz Run
Lititz Run is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 24, 2019 tributary of the Conestoga River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the United States.
The creek flow ...
forms the southwestern boundary.
Cocalico Creek and Lititz Run are tributaries of the
Conestoga River
The Conestoga River (), also referred to as Conestoga 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 flowing through t ...
, which flows southwest to the
Susquehanna.
Transportation
Pennsylvania Route 772, in part the old
Mount Hope-
Newport Road, runs through the town.
The
Reading Railroad
The Reading Company ( ) was a Philadelphia-headquartered railroad that provided passenger and freight transport in eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states from 1924 until its acquisition by Conrail in 1976.
Commonly called the Reading Railr ...
operated passenger service from its station outside the town on Rothsville Station Road until 1952. The Warwick to Ephrata
Rail Trail
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now runs on the route of the old railroad through the north side of Rothsville between active sections of the line in Lititz and Ephrata.
Demographics
At the
2000 census there were 3,017 people, 1,038 households, and 852 families living in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,060 housing units at an average density of . The
racial makeup of the CDP was 95.86% White, 0.33% African American, 1.29% Asian, 0.70% from other races, and 1.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.92%.
There were 1,038 households, 46.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.6% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.9% were non-families. 13.9% of households were made up of individuals, and 3.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.21.
The age distribution was 32.2% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 6.0% 65 or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males.
The median household income was $52,694 and the median family income was $54,000. Males had a median income of $38,953 versus $25,000 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $18,535. About 5.2% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the
poverty line
The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for ...
, including 7.0% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.
References
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Census-designated places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania