Vintage, Pennsylvania

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Vintage, Pennsylvania
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Coordinates: 40°00′03″N76°04′47″W / 40.00083°N 76.07972°W / 40.00083; -76.07972
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Lancaster
Township Paradise Township
Elevation
436 ft (133 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code 717
GNIS feature ID1190436 [1]

Vintage is an unincorporated community located in Paradise Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located approximately two miles to the east of the town of Paradise, on U.S. Route 30. [2]

The Paradise Quarry, currently owned and operated by Allan Myers, Inc., is just south of Vintage on McIlvaine Road. [3]

The Vintage Dolomite is named after exposures along the Pennsylvania Railroad near Vintage.

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References

  1. "Vintage". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. New Holland, PA, 7.5" Topographic Quadrangle, USGS. 1956, photorevised 1969 and 1975.
  3. Paradise Quarry, Allan Myers website, Retrieved 28 June 2017.