Churchtown, Pennsylvania
{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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|subdivision_name1 = Pennsylvania
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Lancaster
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Caernarvon
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|area_total_km2 = 4.92
|area_land_km2 = 4.88
|area_water_km2 = 0.04
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 417
|population_density_km2 = 85.43
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|elevation_ft = 564
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|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 17555
|area_code = 717
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 42-13632
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|blank1_info = 1171873{{gnis|1171873}}
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|area_total_sq_mi = 1.90
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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.{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4213632&tid=DECENNIALSF12010.P1| title=Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Churchtown CDP, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=data.census.gov| access-date=September 18, 2020}}
History
The first settlers of the oldest Amish settlement still in existence, the Lancaster Amish settlement, settled near Churchtown.[https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/here-are-takeaways-from-our-conversation-with-don-kraybill-on/article_6cc6a48a-8461-11e8-8418-23f57668ebfe.html "6 Takeaways from Our Conversation with Don Kraybill"] at lancasteronline.com.
The Bangor Episcopal Church, Caernarvon Presbyterian Church and Edward Davies House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{NRISref|2009a}}
Geography
Churchtown is in eastern Lancaster County, in the center of Caernarvon Township. Pennsylvania Route 23 is the community's Main Street, leading east {{convert|4|mi|0}} to Morgantown and west {{convert|20|mi}} to Lancaster, the county seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Churchtown CDP has a total area of {{convert|4.9|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.04|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.71%, are water.{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: Pennsylvania|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_42.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 18, 2020}} The community sits on a ridge draining south to the Conestoga River, a west-flowing tributary of the Susquehanna River.
CAERNARVON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA.jpg|Caernarvon Presbyterian Church
File:Churchtown Inn LanCo PA.JPG|Edward Davies House
Demographics
{{US Census population
|2020= 417
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}
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References
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{{Lancaster County, Pennsylvania}}
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Category:Populated places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Category:Census-designated places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania