Churchtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, along Pennsylvania Route 23. The population was 470 as of the 2010 census.[4]

Churchtown, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
Bangor Episcopal Church
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Coordinates: 40°7′59″N 75°57′53″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lancaster
Township	Caernarvon
Area [1]
• Total	1.90 sq mi (4.92 km2)
• Land	1.89 sq mi (4.88 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.04 km2)
Elevation	564 ft (172 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	417
• Density	221.22/sq mi (85.43/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	17555
Area code	717
FIPS code	42-13632
GNIS feature ID	1171873[3]

History

The first settlers of the oldest Amish settlement still in existence, the Lancaster Amish settlement, settled near Churchtown.[5]

The Bangor Episcopal Church, Caernarvon Presbyterian Church and Edward Davies House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6]

Geography

Churchtown is in eastern Lancaster County, in the center of Caernarvon Township. 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 km²), of which 0.02 square miles (0.04 km²), or 0.71%, are water.[7] The community sits on a ridge draining south to the Conestoga River, a west-flowing tributary of the Susquehanna River.

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  Caernarvon Presbyterian Church
• 
  Edward Davies House

Demographics

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