Smoketown, Pennsylvania | |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Smoketown |
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: | 1.50 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.48 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 357 |
Population Density Km2: | 240.5 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 358 |
Coordinates: | 40.0392°N -76.1997°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 17576 |
Area Code: | 717 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 42-71504 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1198301 |
Smoketown is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Also known as Smoke Town, it is served by the Smoketown Airport. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 357.[2]
Smoketown is in east-central Lancaster County, in the eastern part of East Lampeter Township, at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 340 (Old Philadelphia Pike) and Pennsylvania Route 896 (Eastbrook Road). It is bordered to the east by Bird-in-Hand and to the north by Witmer. PA 340 leads west 5miles to Lancaster, the county seat, and east the same distance to Intercourse, while PA 896 leads south 1miles to U.S. Route 30 (the Lincoln Highway) and 4miles to Strasburg.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Smoketown CDP has a total area of 1.5sqkm, of which 0.02sqkm, or 1.29%, are water.[1] Mill Creek, a southwestward-flowing tributary of the Conestoga River, forms the eastern border of Smoketown and separates it from Bird-in-Hand. Via the Conestoga River, the communities are part of the Susquehanna River watershed.
As of the 2000 census, Smoketown had a population of 119 in an area of 0.1 square mile. Of the population, 115 were white, and 4 belonged to two or more races. There were 47 housing units, making the average household size 2.53 people.[3]