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On October 2, 2006, a shooting occurred at the West Nickel Mines School, an Amish one-room schoolhouse in the Old Order Amish community of Nickel Mines, a village in Bart Township, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] [3] Gunman Charles Carl Roberts IV took hostages and shot ten girls (aged 6–13), killing five, before committing suicide in the schoolhouse.
Ninepoints, Pennsylvania. / 39.91333°N 76.04528°W / 39.91333; -76.04528. Ninepoints (also known as Nine Points) is an unincorporated community in Bart Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Ninepoints is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 896 and Noble Road. [2]
Pennsylvania. ( 2020) Lancaster County ( / ˈlæŋkɪstər /; Pennsylvania Dutch: Lengeschder Kaundi ), sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 552,984, making it Pennsylvania's sixth-most populous county. [2]
Christiana, Pennsylvania. / 39.95528°N 75.99611°W / 39.95528; -75.99611. Christiana is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,100 at the time of the 2020 census. [3] In 1851, it was the site of the Battle of Christiana, also called the Christiana riot.
Leacock-Leola-Bareville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 6,625. The area is heavily populated by the Amish and Mennonites. Bareville is often named in lists of "delightfully-named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Intercourse ...
The Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. [1] The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design. The bridge, which spans the Conestoga River, is 180 feet (55 m) long, making it the longest single span covered bridge in the county. [2]
Roberts Farm Site (36LA1) / 39.9451000°N 76.37412806°W / 39.9451000; -76.37412806. The Roberts Farm Site (36LA1) is an historic, American archaeological site that is located above the Conestoga River in Manor Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
FIPS code. 42-07896. GNIS feature ID. 1170075. Bowmansville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Bowmansville is home to the Pennsylvania Turnpike 's Bowmansville Service Plaza. The population was 2,077 as of the 2010 census.