Salunga, Pennsylvania | |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Salunga |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lancaster |
Subdivision Type3: | Townships |
Subdivision Name3: | West Hempfield, East Hempfield |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.66 |
Area Land Km2: | 4.66 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.0 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 2695 |
Population Density Km2: | 578.4 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Elevation Ft: | 411 |
Coordinates: | 40.0994°N -76.4261°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 17538 (Landisville) |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 42-67656 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1186888 |
Salunga is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in West Hempfield and East Hempfield townships in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,695.[2] The community was once part of the Salunga-Landisville CDP, before splitting into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census, the other being Landisville.
Salunga is in northwestern Lancaster County, in the northeastern part of West Hempfield Township and the western part of East Hempfield Township. It is bordered to the east by Landisville. Pennsylvania Route 283, a four-lane freeway, forms the northeastern edge of the CDP, with access from an interchange with Spooky Nook Road. PA 283 leads southeast 8miles to Lancaster, the county seat, and northwest to Harrisburg, the state capital.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Salunga CDP has a total area of 4.7sqkm, of which 1352order=flipNaNorder=flip, or 0.03%, are water.[1] Chiques Creek flows past the northwestern side of the community, running southwest to the Susquehanna River.