Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California. As of 2013, Lancaster was the 31st largest city in California. Lancaster is part of a twin city complex with its southern neighbor Palmdale and together they are the principal cities within the Antelope Valley region.
The city of Lancaster is the county seat of Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States, located in the Charlotte Metropolitan Area. As of the United States Census of 2010, the city population was 9,134 but due to South Carolina's strict annexation laws its actual population is well over twenty thousand people. The city was named after the famous House of Lancaster.
Lancaster is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. The population was 36,361 at the 2010 census. Founded in 1852 as a frontier post, Lancaster is one of Dallas County's earliest settlements. Today, it is a suburban community located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of Downtown Dallas.
Lancaster is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 10,352. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Burlington City Council is the city council responsible for the city of Burlington, Ontario, Canada. The council consists of the mayor plus six councillors.
Edward Shippen III was an American merchant and mayor of Philadelphia. Shippen was a slaveowner during his lifetime, and his slaves were freed only upon his death.
Francis Bernard McClain was the 11th Lieutenant Governor of the state of Pennsylvania from 1915 to 1919.
Central Lancaster High School (CLHS) is a mixed-sex state secondary school and sixth form located in Lancaster, England. Located on Crag Road on the Ridge area in east Lancaster the school originally opened in 1966 as Castle Secondary Modern School but in 1986 amalgamated with Greaves Secondary Modern School from the south side of Lancaster, moving all the Greaves pupils up to the larger more modern site on Crag Road and renaming the two amalgamated schools as Central Lancaster High School. The two sites that belonged to Greaves School were either demolished or renovated and made into flats and houses. The school has been awarded specialist Arts College status. The school caters for pupils aged 11–18.
An election for mayor of the City of Lancaster in Pennsylvania was held on November 3, 2009. Incumbent Mayor Rick Gray, a Democrat, defeated challenger Charles W. "Charlie" Smithgall, a Republican by 313 votes, out of 7,261 cast.
John Passmore was an American politician. He served as the first mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania from 1818 to 1820. Resided at a colonial mansion built in 1750 by Thomas Poultney (merchant) on the corner of Shippen and East Orange Streets in Lancaster, PA. An historical marker was placed in front of this house in 1950.
Samuel Carpenter was an American politician. He served as the second mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania from 1821 to 1823.
John Zimmerman was an American politician. He served as the eighth mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania from 1856 to 1857.
Edwin Smeltz was an American politician. He served as the nineteenth mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania from 1894 to 1898.
Howard C. Bare was an attorney. He was the mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania for eight months from 1950 to 1951 during the period when his brother Kendig C. Bare, elected mayor in 1950, was in military service in the Korean War.
Thomas J. Monaghan is an American politician. He served as the mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania twice, once from 1958 to 1962 and again from 1966 to 1974.
George Coe is an American politician. He served as the mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania from 1962 to 1966.
Broken City is a 2013 American neo-noir drama film directed by Allen Hughes and written by Brian Tucker. Mark Wahlberg stars as a police officer turned private investigator and Russell Crowe as the mayor of New York City who hires the private detective to investigate his wife.
The 2017 mayoral election in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was held on November 7, 2017, and resulted in the election of Democratic Party nominee Danene Sorace to her first term as mayor.
