| Swartzville, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Swartzville |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| 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 Cocalico |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.79 |
| Area Land Km2: | 3.78 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2283 |
| Population Density Km2: | 604.8 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 562 |
| Coordinates: | 40.2331°N -76.0781°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 17569 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-75664 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1204782 |
Swartzville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,283.[2]
Swartzville is in northeastern Lancaster County, in the northeast part of East Cocalico Township. It is bordered to the northeast by the borough of Adamstown, to the southeast by the U.S. Route 222 freeway, and to the southwest by Interstate 76, the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Pennsylvania Route 272 (North Reading Road) passes through the community, leading northeast through Adamstown to US-222 and southwest 6miles to Ephrata. Pennsylvania Route 897 (Swartzville Road) crosses PA 272 in the center of Swartzville, leading northwest to Reinholds and south 6miles to Terre Hill. Via US 222, Lancaster, the county seat, is to the southwest and Reading is to the northeast. Exit 266 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike is 2miles south of Swartzville.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Swartzville CDP has a total area of 3.8sqkm, of which 0.02sqkm, or 0.48%, are water.[1] The west side of Swartzville drains via Stony Run to Cocalico Creek, and the east side drains to Little Muddy Creek, a tributary of Muddy Creek. Cocalico and Muddy creeks both flow southwest to the Conestoga River, part of the Susquehanna River watershed.