Georgetown, Pennsylvania | |
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| Coordinates:39°56′15″N76°05′00″W / 39.93750°N 76.08333°W /39.93750; -76.08333 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Lancaster |
| Township | Bart |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.08 sq mi (10.57 km2) |
| • Land | 4.07 sq mi (10.55 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 678 ft (207 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,058 |
| • Density | 259.6/sq mi (100.25/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | |
| Area code | 717 |
| FIPS code | 42-28828 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1175542 |
Georgetown is anunincorporated community andcensus-designated place (CDP) inBart Township,Lancaster County,Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,022.[3] Georgetown has a post office for P.O. boxes that is calledBart and has theZIP code of 17503. Otherwise, the CDP is divided into three ZIP code areas for more distant communities.
Half of the small community ofNickel Mines, the site of theWest Nickel Mines School shooting, is within the Georgetown CDP. The alleged shooter, Charles Carl Roberts IV, was a resident of Georgetown, where he lived with his wife and children.[4]
Georgetown is located in southern Lancaster County in northern Bart Township, an area with a large concentration ofAmish residents. It is about 52 miles (84 km) west ofPhiladelphia. The main roads running through the village are Georgetown Road (Pennsylvania Route 896) and the Christiana Pike (PA Route 372). Route 896 leads northwest 7 miles (11 km) toStrasburg and southeast 26 miles (42 km) toNewark, Delaware, while Route 372 leads east 5 miles (8 km) toChristiana and southwest 6 miles (10 km) toQuarryville.
According to theU.S. Census Bureau, the Georgetown CDP has a total area of 4.1 square miles (10.6 km2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km2), or 0.17%, are water. The village of Nickel Mines is along the northern border of the CDP, and the village of Green Tree is on the southern border. Nickel Mines Run, a headwaters of the West Branch ofOctoraro Creek, flows southward through the eastern part of the CDP. The entire community, via Octoraro Creek, is part of theSusquehanna River watershed.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 1,058 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5] | |||
