Falmouth, Pennsylvania

Census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States
40°07′46″N 76°42′50″W / 40.12944°N 76.71389°W / 40.12944; -76.71389CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyLancasterTownshipConoyArea • Total0.99 sq mi (2.56 km2) • Land0.99 sq mi (2.55 km2) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)Elevation
360 ft (110 m)Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total397 • Density402.64/sq mi (155.45/km2)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)FIPS code42-25168GNIS feature ID1174610

Falmouth is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Conoy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 420, but the 2020 census shows that the population has decreased to 397.[3][4]

Geography

Falmouth is in the northwestern corner of Lancaster County, at the confluence of Conewago Creek with the Susquehanna River. It is bordered to the northwest, across Conewago Creek, by Londonderry Township in Dauphin County. To the southwest, across the Susquehanna River, is the borough of York Haven in York County. Falmouth is 2 miles (3 km) south of the closed Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station.

Pennsylvania Route 441 (River Road) passes through Falmouth, leading north (up the Susquehanna) 5 miles (8 km) to Middletown and southeast (downriver) 4 miles (6 km) to Bainbridge and 14 miles (23 km) to Columbia. Lancaster, the county seat, is 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Falmouth.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Falmouth CDP has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), of which 0.4 acres (1,599 m2), or 0.06%, is water.[5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020397—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Falmouth CDP, Pennsylvania". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  4. ^ Bureau, US Census. "Search Results". The United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  5. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: Pennsylvania". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  6. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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