Smoketown, Pennsylvania
Smoketown is a small farming village and a census-designated place in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, west of Bird-in-Hand at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 340 (Old Philadelphia Pike) and Pennsylvania Route 896 (Eastbrook Rd). Also known as Smoke Town, it is served by the Smoketown Airport. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 357.
Smoketown | |
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 A view of Smoketown, including the Smoketown Airport | |
  Smoketown Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania  Smoketown Smoketown (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°2′21″N 76°11′59″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Lancaster |
| Township | East Lampeter |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 357 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 17576 |
| Area code(s) | 717 |
General information
- ZIP Code: 17576
Demographics
As of the 2000 census, Smoketown has a population of 119 in an area of 0.1 square miles. 115 were white, and 4 belonged to two or more races. There were 47 housing units, making the average household size 2.53 people.[1]
Trivia
Charles Carl Roberts, the murderer of five young Amish girls, worked at the Good n' Plenty Restaurant in Smoketown, as did Lawrence Yunkin and Lisa Michelle Lambert, who murdered Laurie Show in Lancaster on December 20, 1991.
References
- The information on Smoketown are that of the 17576 ZIP Code, for which Smoketown is one and the same.
