Going quiet
Town guide

Lancaster

Pennsylvania · PA · Lancaster County
Be the first to joinEarn karma for joining →
What’s happening in Lancaster?

About Lancaster

City in Pennsylvania, United States
1730Established
58,039Population
7.4 sq miArea
367 ftElevation

Lancaster is a city in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 58,039 at the 2020 census, it is the eighth-most populous city in the state. It is a core city within South Central Pennsylvania, with 552,984 residents in the Lancaster metropolitan area. Settled in the 1720s, Lancaster is one of the oldest inland cities in the US. It served as the capital of Pennsylvania from 1799 to 1812. The city's primary industries include healthcare, tourism, public administration, manufacturing, and both professional and semi-professional services. Lancaster is located 59 miles (95 km) southwest of Allentown and 61 miles (98 km) west of Philadelphia and is…

Official town website ↗

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Coming up

Upcoming events

Nothing on the calendar yet

Put the next local happening — a market, a meeting, a concert — on the map.

Add an event →
From your neighbors

What’s happening

Be the first to post in Lancaster — introduce yourself, ask a question, or share what’s happening.

Around town

Local news

All news →

Loading local headlines…

Headlines via Google News · Articles belong to their publishers.

Explore

Places to go

No places added yet

The diner, the trailhead, the hardware store — the spots that make Lancaster worth knowing.

Add a place →
Current town⌖ Lancaster ✓Pennsylvania · PA · Lancaster CountyView town boundary →

Nearby towns

Measured from each town’s Census reference point.

Loading nearby towns…

Loading boundary…

Lancaster is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/15 · 2025-01-01