| Kinzers, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Nickname: | Kinzer |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Kinzers |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lancaster |
| Subdivision Type3: | Townships |
| Subdivision Name3: | Paradise and Salisbury |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 39.9983°N -76.0617°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 17535 |
| Area Code: | 717 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Kinzers is an unincorporated community located in Paradise and Salisbury townships, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1]
Kinzers was named after Harry Kinzer, a descendant of Palatine German settlers, and was founded in 1835. The town was originally called "Kinzer's" until July 1962, when the use of ZIP Codes became mandated, and "Kinzer's" lost its apostrophe. The compact settlement of Kinzers is primarily in Paradise Township, extending east into Salisbury Township. Kinzers is located on U.S. Route 30 (Lincoln Highway), part of the original Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike. In the Salisbury Township portion of Kinzers is the Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association, which is noted for its steam engine display and thresherman's reunion backtracking from the third Saturday in August to the previous Wednesday. In the Paradise Township portion of Kinzers is the Vintage Sales Stables, named for the neighboring unincorporated village of Vintage.
The Cambrian Kinzers Formation (predominantly marble and shale) is named after the town, and the type section is located at a nearby railroad cut.