| Ronks, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Ronks |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| 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: | East Lampeter |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.75 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.74 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 391 |
| Population Density Km2: | 224.11 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 380 |
| Coordinates: | 40.0261°N -76.1686°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 17572 |
| Area Code: | 717 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-65984 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1185421 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.67 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.67 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 580.12 |
Ronks is a small unincorporated farming community and census-designated place (CDP) in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, just west of Paradise.[3] As of the 2010 census the population was 362.[4]
The community is the home of Ronks Concrete Company and has a large Amish and Mennonite population. The Ronks ZIP code of 17572[5] covers a much larger area than the CDP, extending south into Strasburg Township and east into Leacock Township. Within this larger area are several Amish-themed tourist attractions, shops, restaurants, and lodging.
Ronks is in east-central Lancaster County, in the eastern part of East Lampeter Township. It is bordered to the north by Bird-in-Hand and to the southeast by Soudersburg. U.S. Route 30, the Lincoln Highway, forms the southern edge of the community, with the center of Ronks 0.7miles to the north along Ronks Road. Lancaster, the county seat, is 8miles to the west.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Ronks CDP has a total area of 1.7sqkm, of which 424order=flipNaNorder=flip, or 0.02%, are water.[6] Ronks drains west toward Mill Creek and is part of the Conestoga River watershed.