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This is a list of notable people who were born, or who have lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. William Addams (1777–1858), U.S. representative; David Hayes Agnew (1818–1892), surgeon; Chas Alecxih, NFL defensive lineman; Andy Baldwin, U.S. Navy lieutenant and physician, bachelor of season 10 of The Bachelor
Lancaster Township is governed by a three-member Board of Supervisors, who serve staggered six-year terms. [11] The current supervisors are Steven Elliott, Benjamin Bamford, and Iber Guerrero Lopez. Their terms expire at the end of 2024, 2022, and 2026, respectively.
Byers-Muma House is a historic home located in East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, stone dwelling with Pennsylvania German Colonial and Georgian style design influences. The original section was built about 1740, with additions about 1805, 1840–1850, and 1998.
They purchased land and built a small log chapel for the German population of Lancaster, giving the mission church the name of St. John Nepomucene. The church operated alongside the many other Christian denominations in Lancaster until one night in December 1760, when the chapel was lit ablaze. The chief burgess (city council chairman) offered ...
After a time the small congregation of St. Mary's Church, with much help from the late Fouad Gad Youssef, founded the current building on Marietta Ave in 1980—with only five families at the time. [6] [7] The current building of St. Mary's Church of Lancaster, as it is often known, was consecrated by a Coptic Orthodox Bishop in September 1982. [4]
Pennsylvania Route 23 is the community's Main Street, leading east 4 miles (6 km) to Morgantown and west 20 miles (32 km) to Lancaster, the county seat. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the Churchtown CDP has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km 2 ), of which 0.02 square miles (0.04 km 2 ), or 0.71%, are water. [ 7 ]
Abbeville, also known as Mt. Pleasant, is a historic home located at 1140 Columbia Avenue in Lancaster Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [2] [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
Donnermeyer, Joseph F. "A Demographic Profile of the Greater Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Amish." The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities 3.2 (2023): 1-34. online; Ellis, Franklin, and Samuel Evans. History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: With biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men (Closson Press, 1883) online