Smoketown, Pennsylvania

Smoketown
census-designated place
A view of Smoketown, including the Smoketown Airport
Smoketown Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°2′21″N 76°11′59″W / 40.03917°N 76.19972°W / 40.03917; -76.19972Coordinates: 40°2′21″N 76°11′59″W / 40.03917°N 76.19972°W / 40.03917; -76.19972
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lancaster
Township	East Lampeter
Population (2010)
• Total	357
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

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.

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.

Municipalities and communities of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Lancaster

City	Lancaster

Boroughs	Adamstown‡ Akron Christiana Columbia Denver East Petersburg Elizabethtown Ephrata Lititz Manheim Marietta Millersville Mount Joy Mountville New Holland Quarryville Strasburg Terre Hill

Townships	Bart Brecknock Caernarvon Clay Colerain Conestoga Conoy Drumore Earl East Cocalico East Donegal East Drumore East Earl East Hempfield East Lampeter Eden Elizabeth Ephrata Fulton Lancaster Leacock Little Britain Manheim Manor Martic Mount Joy Paradise Penn Pequea Providence Rapho Sadsbury Salisbury Strasburg Upper Leacock Warwick West Cocalico West Donegal West Earl West Hempfield West Lampeter

CDPs	Bainbridge Bird-in-Hand Blue Ball Bowmansville Brickerville Brownstown Churchtown Clay Conestoga East Earl Falmouth Farmersville Fivepointville Gap Georgetown Goodville Gordonville Hopeland Intercourse Kirkwood Lampeter Landisville Leola Little Britain Maytown Morgantown‡ Paradise Penryn Reamstown Refton Reinholds Rheems Ronks Rothsville Salunga Schoeneck Smoketown Soudersburg Stevens Swartzville Wakefield Washington Boro Willow Street Witmer

Unincorporated communities	Bartville Bausman Beartown Bethesda Blainsport Buck Central Manor Cocalico Conewago Creswell Dillerville Drumore Elm Fertility Florin Hempfield Hinkletown Holtwood Hunsecker Kinzers Kissel Hill Leaman Place Lyndon Martic Forge Marticville Martindale Mastersonville Mechanics Grove Narvon New Danville New Providence Neffsville Nickel Mines Ninepoints Oregon Peach Bottom Pequea Rawlinsville Safe Harbor Silver Spring Spring Garden Talmage West Willow White Horse

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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