Townships of Lancaster County

Bart 1744 Supposedly for baronet,"Bart".
Brecknock 1740 Welsh place name.
Caernarvon 1729 Welsh, Castle of Narfon.
Clay 1853 Supposedly honored Henry Clay.
Cocalico 1729 Indian name "Hoch Kalelung". Divided into East and West Cocalico in 1838.
Colerain 1738 Ulster place name.
Conestoga 1729 Indian name, Iroquoian in origin, may have been the name the Susquehannocks called themselves.
Conoy 1842 Indian name, formed from Donegal Twp.
Donegal Named for Donegal, Ireland. Formed into East and West Donegal in 1838.
Drumore 1729 From Dromore, County Down.
Earl 1729 Anglicization of Graf,German "earl".
East Earl 1851 Division of Earl township.
East Drumore 1883 Division of Drumore township.
Eden 1855 Biblical allusion.
Elizabeth 1757 Named for iron furnace, Elizabeth Huber.
Ephrata 1838 Biblical, meaning fruitful.
Fulton 1844 Honored native son, Robert Fulton.
Harrison 1845 Honored Pres.William H. Harrison (abolished in 1847).
Hempfield 1729 English place name; Hemp grown here. Divided into East and West Hempfield in 1818.
Lampeter 1729 Welsh, "Llanbadr," Church of St.Peter. Divided into East and West Lampeter in 1841.
Lancaster 1729 English shire and county seat.
Leacock 1729 Town in Wiltshire, England..
Little Britain 1738 Honored settlers from British Isles.
Manheim 1729 German place name, "Mannheim."
Manor 1759 Formerly Penn's "Conestoga Manor".
Martic Martock 1729 Somerset, England, place name.
Mount Joy 1759 "Mountjoi," honors Viscount Mount Joy.
Paradise 1843 Biblical allusion.
Penn 1846 Honored William Penn.
Pequea (pronounced Peck'way) 1853 Indian name.
Providence 1853 Biblical allusion.
Rapho 1741 Ulster place name.
Sadsbury 1729 Supposedly English place name.
Salisbury 1729 English place name.
Strasburg 1759 French-German city.
Upper Leacock 1843 Division of original Leacock township.
Warwick 1729 English shire (county).
West Earl 1833 Division of Earl township.

Boroughs of Lancaster County

Lancaster 1742 Settled 1730,became city in 1818, county seat.
Marietta 1812 Settled 1713, named for daughters of James Anderson, Mary and Henrietta.
Columbia (Wrights Ferry) 1814 Settled c.1720,originally Wright Ferry, named Columbia to promote effort to become national capital.
Strasburg 1816 Settled 1733.
Washington Borough 1827 Settled 1800 as Woodstock, then Washington and Charlestown, then Washington Borough, no longer a borough, now part of Manor Twp.
Manheim 1838 Settled 1762, named by Henry W.Stiegel.
Adamstown 1850 Settled 1761 by William Addams.
Mount Joy 1851 Settled 1811 as Richland. Rohrerstown
Elizabethtown 1872 Settled 1753, named to honor Elizabeth Hughes, wife of founder.
Lititz 1888 Settled 1756 by Moravians; honors community in Moravia.
Ephrata 1891 Settled c. 1732 by Johann Conrad Beissel, founder of Ephrata Cloister.
Quarryville 1892 Settled mid-1800s; originally Barr's Quarries.
Christiana 1894 Settled 1775; originally McClarronville; named to honor Christiana Noble.
Akron 1895 Settled 1830; originally New Berlin Akron is Greek "akros" for high place.
New Holland 1895 Settled 1728; originally Earltown, then New Design.
Denver 1900 Settled c. 1863;originally Bucherthal, then Union Station;named for city in Colorado.
Mountville 1906 Settled 1814; originally Mount Pleasant.
Terre Hill 1908 Settled c. 1835; originally Fairville.
Millersville 1932 Settled c. 1761; originally Millersburg, Millerstown,then Millersville.
East Petersburg 1946 Settled 1812; supposedly named for Peter Gottshall who laid out some lots after Daniel Wolf laid out the village. Original name was Petersburg but was changed to keep its post office. In the 19th century the U.S. Post Office Department insisted that every post office in Pennsylvania have a unique name, there was already a Petersburg further west, hence East Petersburg.