Leola, Pennsylvania

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Leola, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
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Leola
Coordinates: 40°05′16″N76°11′06″W / 40.08778°N 76.18500°W / 40.08778; -76.18500 Coordinates: 40°05′16″N76°11′06″W / 40.08778°N 76.18500°W / 40.08778; -76.18500
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Lancaster
Townships Upper Leacock, West Earl
Area
[1]
 • Total6.02 sq mi (15.58 km2)
 • Land6.01 sq mi (15.56 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation
430 ft (130 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total7,465
 • Density1,242.51/sq mi (479.76/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
17540
Area code 717
FIPS code 42-42776
GNIS feature ID2390047 [3]

Leola is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It includes the unincorporated communities of Leola, Leacock, and Bareville, and prior to 2010 was known as the Leacock-Leola-Bareville census-designated place. Originally named "Mechanicsburg", its present name is a portmanteau of "Leacock" and the "Glenola" train station that once served the town. As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 7,214. [4]

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Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 7,465—
U.S. Decennial Census [5]

Geography and climate

Leola is in central Lancaster County, primarily in Upper Leacock Township, and extending east into the southern corner of West Earl Township. The community of Leacock is in the western part of the CDP, Leola is in the center, and Bareville is in the east. The small community of Groffdale is in the easternmost part of the CDP. New Holland Pike (Pennsylvania Route 23) runs the length of the community, leading west 8 miles (13 km) to the city of Lancaster, the county seat, and east 5 miles (8 km) to the borough of New Holland.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Leola CDP has a total area of 6.0 square miles (15.6 km2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km2), or 0.14%, are water. [6] The communities lie atop a low east-west trending ridge, draining north via tributaries of Groff Creek to the Conestoga River and draining south to Mill Creek, a westward-flowing tributary of the Conestoga, which leads to the Susquehanna.

Leola has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa), and average monthly temperatures range from 30.3 °F (−0.9 °C) in January to 74.8 °F (23.8 °C) in July. [7] The local hardiness zone is 6b.

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References

  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Leola Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ↑ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Leola CDP, Pennsylvania". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: Pennsylvania". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  7. ↑ "PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University".
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