Salunga, Pennsylvania
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Salunga is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in West Hempfield and East Hempfield townships in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,695.[1] The community was once part of the Salunga-Landisville CDP, before splitting into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census, the other being Landisville.
The name "Salunga" comes from the nearby Chiquesalunga (now Chickies) Creek,[2] which in turn is derived from the Lenape "Chiquesalunga", meaning "place of the crayfish".[3]
Geography
Salunga is in northwestern Lancaster County, in the northeastern part of West Hempfield Township and the western part of East Hempfield Township. It is bordered to the east by Landisville. Pennsylvania Route 283, a four-lane freeway, forms the northeastern edge of the CDP, with access from an interchange with Spooky Nook Road. PA 283 leads southeast Script error: No such module "convert". to Lancaster, the county seat, and northwest Script error: No such module "convert". to Harrisburg, the state capital.
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