Little Britain, Pennsylvania Explained

Little Britain, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Label:Little Britain
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lancaster
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Little Britain
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:3.76
Area Land Km2:3.75
Area Water Km2:0.01
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:406
Population Density Km2:108.17
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:460
Coordinates:39.7789°N -76.1164°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:42-43828
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1179481
Area Total Sq Mi:1.45
Area Land Sq Mi:1.45
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population Density Sq Mi:280.19

Little Britain is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 372.[3]

Geography

Little Britain is in far southern Lancaster County, in the center of Little Britain Township. Pennsylvania Route 272 (Nottingham Road) passes through the center of the community, leading northwest to Lancaster, the county seat, and southeast 6miles to Nottingham in Chester County.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Little Britain CDP has a total area of 3.8sqkm, of which 6889order=flipNaNorder=flip, or 0.18%, are water.[4] The community drains west to Little Conowingo Creek, a tributary of Conowingo Creek, and south via Reynolds Run to Octoraro Creek. Conowingo and Octoraro creeks are both southwest-flowing tributaries of the Susquehanna River, joining the river in Maryland.

References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 12, 2022.
  2. Web site: Census Population API. United States Census Bureau. Oct 12, 2022.
  3. Web site: Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Little Britain CDP, Pennsylvania. U.S. Census Bureau. data.census.gov. September 29, 2020.
  4. Web site: 2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: Pennsylvania. United States Census Bureau. September 29, 2020.