Fivepointville, Pennsylvania | |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Fivepointville |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pennsylvania##Location in the United States |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lancaster |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Brecknock |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3.27 |
Area Land Km2: | 3.20 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.07 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 1090 |
Population Density Km2: | 341.06 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 464 |
Coordinates: | 40.1828°N -76.0511°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 42-26232 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1203594 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.26 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.23 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 883.31 |
Fivepointville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,156.[3] The town is named for its position at an intersection of five separate roads.
Fivepointville is in northeastern Lancaster County, in the southwest part of Brecknock Township. It is bordered to the south by Muddy Creek, which is also the border with East Earl Township. The five roads meeting at the center of town are Dry Tavern Road (north and south), Fivepointville Road (west), West Maple Grove Road (northeast), and Pleasant Valley Road (east-southeast). Pennsylvania Route 897 follows Dry Tavern Road, leading north 4miles to Swartzville and south 2miles to Terre Hill. Ephrata is 8miles to the west, and Lancaster, the county seat, is to the southwest.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Fivepointville CDP has a total area of 3.3sqkm, of which 0.07sqkm, or 2.16%, are water.[4] The community is in the Muddy Creek watershed, which flows west to the Conestoga River and eventually the Susquehanna.
The main offices of Weaver's Store Inc. are located in Fivepointville. Since 1959, Greenview Bible Camp has operated a youth summer camp program here.