Witmer, Pennsylvania

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Witmer, Pennsylvania
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Witmer
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Witmer
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°02′53″N76°12′41″W / 40.04806°N 76.21139°W / 40.04806; -76.21139
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Lancaster
Township East Lampeter
Area
[1]
  Total1.24 sq mi (3.22 km2)
  Land1.24 sq mi (3.22 km2)
  Water0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
400 ft (100 m)
Population
 (2010) [2]
  Total492
  Density396/sq mi (152.8/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
17585
Area code 717
FIPS code 42-85968
GNIS feature ID1191637 [3]

Witmer is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 492. [2]

Geography

Witmer is in central Lancaster County, in the eastern part of East Lampeter Township. It is bordered to the south by Smoketown and to the northeast by Upper Leacock Township. It is 0.6 miles (1.0 km) north of Pennsylvania Route 340 and 6 miles (10 km) east of Lancaster, the county seat.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Witmer CDP has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.2 km2), of which 0.9 acres (3,811 m2), or 0.12%, are water. [1] The community drains west to Stauffer Run and east to Mill Creek, both tributaries of the Conestoga River, flowing southwest to the Susquehanna.

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References

  1. 1 2 "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: Pennsylvania". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Witmer CDP, Pennsylvania". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  3. "Witmer". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.