Churchtown, Pennsylvania
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Churchtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, along Pennsylvania Route 23. The population was 470 as of the 2010 census.[1]
History
The first settlers of the oldest Amish settlement still in existence, the Lancaster Amish settlement, settled near Churchtown.[2]
The Bangor Episcopal Church, Caernarvon Presbyterian Church and Edward Davies House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
Geography
Churchtown is in eastern Lancaster County, in the center of Caernarvon Township. Pennsylvania Route 23 is the community's Main Street, leading east Script error: No such module "convert". to Morgantown and west Script error: No such module "convert". to Lancaster, the county seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Churchtown CDP has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which Script error: No such module "convert"., or 0.71%, are water.[4] The community sits on a ridge draining south to the Conestoga River, a west-flowing tributary of the Susquehanna River.
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Caernarvon Presbyterian Church
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Edward Davies House
Demographics
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| Census | Pop. | Template:Sronly | %± |
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| 2020 | 417 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5][6] | |||
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References
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