Witmer is an

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and

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(CDP) in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 492.

Geography

Witmer is in central Lancaster County, in the eastern part of East Lampeter Township. It is bordered to the south by Smoketown and to the northeast by Upper Leacock Township. It is north of

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and east of

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, the

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. According to the

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, the Witmer CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.12%, are water. The community drains west to Stauffer Run and east to Mill Creek, both tributaries of the

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, flowing southwest to the Susquehanna.

References

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