Georgetown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Georgetown
census-designated place
Georgetown Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 39°56′15″N 76°05′00″W / 39.93750°N 76.08333°W / 39.93750; -76.08333Coordinates: 39°56′15″N 76°05′00″W / 39.93750°N 76.08333°W / 39.93750; -76.08333
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lancaster
Population (2010)
• Total	1,022
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Georgetown is a small, unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is located approximately 54 miles (88 kilometers) from Philadelphia. The main roads running through the village are Georgetown Road (Route 896) and the Christiana Pike (Route 372). As of the 2010 census the population was 1,022 residents.

Georgetown is basically a rural instersection of roads with some residential houses and other small buildings. There is no main street or definable boundaries.

Georgetown is located in an area of southern Lancaster County with a large concentration of Amish residents. It lies close to the border with Chester County.

The village of Georgetown lies less than a mile from the small community of Nickel Mines, site of the tragic 2006 Amish school shooting. The alleged shooter, Charles Carl Roberts IV, was a resident of Georgetown, where he lived with his wife and children.^[1]

References

↑ Birch, Douglas (2006-10-04). "Family man who killed little girls". The Age. Retrieved 2006-10-04.

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 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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