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.
Mid-Atlantic
Lancaster
Lancaster County, PA
Population
57,970
Walk Score
100 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$1,084
Median home value
$179,500
Founded
1729
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Eisenlohr-Bayuk Tobacco Historic District · listed 1990
- Franklin and Marshall College Campus Historic District · listed 2003
- Habeck, Christian, Farm · listed 1994
- Harrisburg Avenue Tobacco Historic District · listed 1990
- Herr, Christian and Emma, Farm · listed 1994
- Lancaster City Historic District · listed 2001
- Lancaster Historic District
- Lancaster Historic District · listed 1979
- Lancaster Historic District (Boundary Increase II) · listed 1984
- Lancaster Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 1983
- N. Shippen-Tobacco Avenue Historic District · listed 1990
- North Charlotte Street Historic District · listed 1989
- North Prince Street Historic District · listed 1989
- Northeast Lancaster Township Historic District · listed 1986
- Shreiner Farm · listed 1994
- Teller Brothers-Reed Tobacco Historic District · listed 1990
- Totten House · listed 1989
- Windom Mill Farm · listed 1994
- Woodward Hill Cemetery · listed 2005
Notable landmarks
- Abbeville · listed 1978
- American/Consolidated Tobacco Companies · listed 1990
- B.F. Good & Company Leaf Tobacco Warehouse · listed 1985
- Basch & Fisher Tobacco Warehouse · listed 1990
- Bausman Farmstead · listed 1994
- Bowman, Jacob, Tobacco Warehouse · listed 1990
- Brimmer, John, Tobacco Warehouse · listed 1990
- Buchanan, James, House · listed 1966
- Central Market · listed 1972
- Conestoga Cork Works Building · listed 1996
- Dohner, Michael, Farmhouse · listed 1980
- Ellicott, Andrew, House · listed 1972
- Farmer's Southern Market · listed 1986
- Follmer, Clogg and Company Umbrella Factory · listed 1986
- Frey, Jacob L., Tobacco Warehouse · listed 1990
- Friedman, Henry B., Tobacco Warehouse · listed 1990
- Fulton Opera House · listed 1969
- Germania Turnverein Building · listed 1980
- Griest, W.W., Building · listed 1999
- Hager Building · listed 1979
- Hamilton Apartments · listed 1984
- Hand, Gen. Edward, House · listed 1976
- Herr, Hans, House · listed 1971
- Hess, A. B., Cigar Factory, and Warehouses · listed 1982
- Kirk Johnson Building · listed 1983
- …and 38 more
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