Witmer, Pennsylvania Explained

Witmer, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Label:Witmer
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Pennsylvania##Location in the United States
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 Lampeter
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:3.22
Area Land Km2:3.22
Area Water Km2:0.0
Population As Of:2010
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:492
Population Density Km2:152.8
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:400
Coordinates:40.0481°N -76.2114°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:17585
Area Code:717
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:42-85968
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1191637

Witmer is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 492.[2]

Geography

Witmer is in central Lancaster County, in the eastern part of East Lampeter Township. It is bordered to the south by Smoketown and to the northeast by Upper Leacock Township. It is 0.6miles north of Pennsylvania Route 340 and 6miles east of Lancaster, the county seat.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Witmer CDP has a total area of 3.2sqkm, of which 3811order=flipNaNorder=flip, or 0.12%, are water.[1] The community drains west to Stauffer Run and east to Mill Creek, both tributaries of the Conestoga River, flowing southwest to the Susquehanna.

References

  1. Web site: 2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: Pennsylvania. United States Census Bureau. October 5, 2020.
  2. Web site: Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Witmer CDP, Pennsylvania. U.S. Census Bureau. data.census.gov. October 5, 2020.