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]
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.