Government Detail

Summary

Name Level Type/Class Home Rule?
Lancaster, County of county County (Class: 3) no

Detail

Census Creation Date Created Boundary Alteration Count Dissolved
May 10, 1729 6

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Related

Name Relationship Status
Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Parent current
Pennsylvania, Province of (defunct) Parent former
Adamstown, Borough of Child current
Akron, Borough of Child current
Antrim, Township of Child former
Bainbridge, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Bart, Township of Child current
Bern, Township of (Berks) Child former
Berwick, Township of Child former
Bethel, Township of (Dauphin, defunct) Child former
Brecknock, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Caernarven, Township of (alternate) Child variant
Caernarvon, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Chanceford, Township of Child former
Christiana, Borough of Child current
Churchtown, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Clay, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Cocalico, Township of (Lancaster, defunct) Child most recent
Colerain, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Columbia, Borough of Child current
Conestoga, Township of Child current
Conestogoe, Township of (alternate) Child variant
Conoy, Township of Child current
Cumru, Township of Child former
Denver, Borough of Child current
Derry, Township of (Dauphin) Child former
Donegal, Township of (Lancaster, defunct) Child most recent
Dover, Township of Child former
Drumore, Township of Child current
Earl, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Earl, Township of (Lancaster, defunct) Child most recent
East Cocalico, Township of Child current
East Donegal, Township of Child current
East Drumore, Township of Child current
East Earl, Township of Child current
East Hanover, Township of (Dauphin, defunct) Child former
East Hempfield, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
East Lampeter, Township of Child current
East Pennsboro, Township of Child former
East Petersburg, Borough of Child current
East Strasburg, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Eden, Township of Child current
Elizabeth, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Elizabethtown, Borough of Child current
Ephrata, Borough of Child current
Ephrata, Township of Child current
Ephratah, Borough of (alternate) Child variant
Ephratah, Township of (alternate) Child variant
Fawn, Township of (York) Child former
Florin, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Fulton, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Hanover, Township of (Lancaster, defunct) Child most recent
Harrison, Township of (Lancaster, proposed) Child proposed
Heidelberg, Township of (Lebanon) Child former
Hellam, Township of Child former
Hempfield, Township of (Lancaster, defunct) Child most recent
Hopewell, Township of (Cumberland) Child former
Huntington, Township of (York, defunct) Child former
Lampeter, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Lancaster, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Lancaster, City of Child current
Lancaster, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Leacock, Township of Child current
Lebanon, Township of (Lebanon, defunct) Child former
Lititz, Borough of Child current
Little Britain, Township of Child current
Londonderry, Township of (Dauphin) Child former
Lower Paxton, Township of Child former
Manchester, Township of (York) Child former
Manheim, Borough of Child current
Manheim, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Manor, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Marietta, Borough of Child current
Martic, Township of Child current
Martickville, Township of (alternate) Child variant
Marticville, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Marticville, Township of (alternate) Child variant
Martock, Township of (alternate) Child variant
Menallen, Township of (Adams) Child former
Millersville, Borough of Child current
Mount Joy, Borough of Child current
Mount Joy, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Mountville, Borough of Child current
New Holland, Borough of Child current
Newberry, Township of Child former
Paradise, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Paxtang, Township of (alternate) Child variant
Paxton, Township of (Lancaster, defunct) Child most recent
Penn, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Pennsboro, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Pennsborough, Township of (alternate) Child variant
Pequea, Township of Child current
Peshtank, Township of (alternate) Child variant
Providence, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Quarryville, Borough of Child current
Rapho, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Reading, Township of (York, defunct) Child former
Robeson, Township of (Berks) Child former
Sadsbury, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Salisbury, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Salsbury, Township of (Lancaster, alternate) Child variant
Straban, Township of Child former
Strasburg, Borough of Child current
Strasburg, Township of Child current
Terre Hill, Borough of Child current
Tulpehocken, Township of (defunct) Child former
Tyrone, Township of (Adams) Child former
Upper Leacock, Township of Child current
Upper Paxton, Township of Child former
Warrington, Township of (York) Child former
Warwick, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
Washington, Borough of (Lancaster, defunct) Child most recent
West Cocalico, Township of Child current
West Donegal, Township of Child current
West Earl, Township of Child current
West Hanover, Township of Child former
West Hempfield, Township of (Lancaster) Child current
West Lampeter, Township of Child current
West Pennsboro, Township of Child former

Identifier

Detail Type Source Identifier Relationship Web Link
View census US Census Bureau FIPS: County 42071 Lead
View geologic USGS GNIS: Civil 1209181 Lead View
View other Wikidata Q142369 Lead View
View state Pennsylvania DCED: County 36 Lead

Affected Government

Detail How Affected Adverse Government How Adverse Affected Date
View Creation Chester, County of Reduction May 10, 1729
View Reduction York, County of Creation Aug 19, 1749
View Reduction Cumberland, County of Creation Jan 27, 1749
View Reduction Berks, County of Creation Mar 11, 1752
View Reduction Northumberland, County of Creation Mar 21, 1772
View Reduction Dauphin, County of Creation Mar 4, 1785
View Ascertainment Chester, County of Ascertainment 1795–1796
View Ascertainment Chester, County of Ascertainment 1801
View Reduction Lebanon, County of Creation Feb 16, 1813
View Swap Berks, County of Swap 1860
View Ascertainment Cecil, County of (MD) Ascertainment 1898–1909
View Ascertainment Harford, County of (MD) Ascertainment 1898–1909

Affected Government Form

Detail Government Form Date
View County May 10, 1729
View County, 4th Class Jul 10, 1919
View County, 3rd Class Jan 1, 1962

Other Successful Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View New Township Cocalico Township 1729 Creation yes+ 1729
View New Township Lancaster County 1729 Township Division yes+ Aug 5, 1729
View New Township Robeson Township 1729 Creation yes+ 1729
View New Township Hanover Township 1736 Creation yes+ Feb 1, 1736
View New Township Heidelberg Township 1736 Creation yes+ 1736
View New Township Hellam Township 1736 Creation yes+ 1736
View New Township Hopewell Township 1736 Creation yes+ 1736
View New Township Pennsboro Township 1736 Creation yes+ 1736
View New Township Strasburg Township 1736 Creation yes+ 1736
View New Township Little Britain Township 1737 Creation yes+ Feb 7, 1737
View New Township Cumru Township 1737 Creation yes+ 1737
View New Township Bern Township 1738 Creation yes+ May 2, 1738
View New Township Bethel Township 1739 Creation yes+ May 1, 1739
View New Township Brecknock Township 1740 Creation yes+ 1740
View New Township Manchester Township 1740 Creation yes+ 1740
View New Township Antrim Township 1741 Creation yes+ May 5, 1741
View New Township Rapho Township 1741 Creation yes+ May 5, 1741
View New Borough Lancaster Borough 1742 Creation yes May 1, 1742
View New Township Manor Township 1743 Creation yes+ 1743
View New Township Colerain Township 1744 Creation yes+ 1744
View New Township Newberry Township 1744 Creation yes+ 1744
View New Township Warrington Township 1744 Creation yes+ 1744
View New Township Dover Township 1745 Creation yes+ 1745
View New Township East Pennsboro Township-West Pennsboro Township 1745 Creation yes+ 1745
View New Township Fawn Township 1745 Creation yes+ 1745
View New Township Huntington Township 1745 Creation yes+ 1745
View New Township Menallen Township 1745 Creation yes+ 1745
View New Township Tyrone Township 1745 Creation yes+ 1745
View New Township Reading Township 1746 Creation yes+ 1746
View New Township Straban Township 1746 Creation yes+ 1746
View New Township Berwick Township 1747 Creation yes+ 1747
View New Township Chanceford Township 1747 Creation yes+ 1747
View New Township Bart Township 1750 Creation yes+ 1750
View New Township Elizabeth Township 1756 Creation yes+ Feb 1756
View New Township Mount Joy Township 1759 Creation yes+ 1759
View New Township Lower Paxton Township-Upper Paxton Township 1767 Creation yes+ Aug 1767
View New Township Londonderry Township 1768 Creation yes+ Feb 1768
View Boundary Realignment Lancaster County 1774 Township Division yes* 1773–1774
View New State Declaration of Independence and Royal Charter Abrogation yes Jul 4, 1776
View Charter Revival Lancaster Borough 1777 Charter Revival yes Jun 19, 1777
View New Township East Hanover Township-West Hanover Township 1785 Creation yes+ Feb 1785
View New Borough Marietta Borough 1812 Creation yes Apr 14, 1812
View Annexation Donegal Township-Marietta Borough 1814 Annexation yes Mar 28, 1814
View New Borough Columbia Borough 1814 Creation yes Apr 5, 1814
View Annexation Cocalico Township-Warwick Township to Elizabeth Township 1815 Annexation yes* 1815
View New Borough Strasburg Borough 1816 Creation yes Apr 2, 1816
View New City Lancaster City 1818 Creation yes* May 15, 1818
View New Township East Hempfield Township-West Hempfield Township 1818 Creation yes* Aug 1818
View Boundary Realignment Martic Township-Strasburg Township 1827 Boundary Realignment yes* 1826–1827
View New Township East Donegal Township-West Donegal Township 1828 Creation yes* Jan 24, 1828
View New Borough Elizabethtown Borough 1828 Creation yes May 13, 1828
View New Borough Washington Borough 1828 Creation yes May 13, 1828
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough 1829 Annexation yes* 1829
View Charter Amendment Marietta Borough 1833 Charter Amendment yes* 1833
View New Township East Earl Township-West Earl Township 1833 Creation yes* Nov 18, 1833
View Charter Amendment Marietta Borough 1834 Charter Amendment yes* 1834
View Separation Columbia Borough 1835 Separation yes Mar 12, 1835
View Separation Strasburg Borough 1836 Separation yes Apr 1, 1836
View New Township East Cocalico Township-Ephrata Township-West Cocalico Township 1838 Creation yes* May 8, 1838
View New Borough Manheim Borough 1838 Creation yes May 8, 1838
View New Township East Lampeter Township-West Lampeter Township 1841 Creation yes* Nov 29, 1841
View New Township Conoy Township 1841 Creation yes* Dec 21, 1841
View New Township East Strasburg Township 1842 Creation yes* Nov 23, 1842
View Annexation West Earl Township-Ephrata Township 1843 Annexation yes* 1842–1843
View New Township Upper Leacock Township 1843 Creation yes* Jan 16, 1843
View New Name Paradise Township 1844 Creation yes Apr 27, 1844
View New Township Fulton Township 1844 Creation yes* Nov 22, 1844
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough 1847 Detachment yes* 1847
View Annexation Warwick Township-Ephrata Township 1848 Annexation yes* 1847–1848
View New Township Penn Township 1848 Creation yes* May 27, 1848
View New Borough Adamstown Borough 1850 Creation yes Apr 2, 1850
View Annexation Elizabeth Township-Ephrata Township 1851 Annexation yes* 1851
View New Borough Mount Joy Borough 1851 Creation yes Mar 21, 1851
View New Township Earl Township 1851 Creation yes* Nov 20, 1851
View Annexation Penn Township-Warwick Township 1852 Annexation yes* 1851–1852
View Boundary Realignment Mount Joy Borough 1852 Boundary Clarification yes Mar 24, 1852
View General Law Mount Joy Borough 1852 General Law yes Mar 24, 1852
View Annexation Rapho Township-Manheim Borough 1852 Annexation yes May 4, 1852
View Boundary Realignment East Lampeter Township-Leacock Township 1853 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1852–1853
View New Township Providence Township 1853 Creation yes* Apr 20, 1853
View New Township Pequea Township 1853 Creation yes* Aug 20, 1853
View Boundary Realignment Bart Township-Drumore Township 1854 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1854
View Boundary Realignment Colerain Township-Sadsbury Township 1854 Boundary Realignment yes* 1854
View New Township Clay Township 1854 Creation yes* Mar 29, 1854
View New Township Eden Township 1855 Creation yes* Jan 20, 1855
View New School District Eden Township-Providence Township-Strasburg Township 1856 Independent School District yes* 1855–1856
View New School District Safe Harbor Iron Works Independent School District 1856 Creation yes* 1855–1856
View Annexation Elizabeth Township-Penn Township 1859 Annexation yes* 1859
View General Law Manheim Borough 1859 General Law yes Aug 15, 1859
View Boundary Realignment Conestoga Township-Pequea Township 1864 Boundary Realignment yes* 1863–1864
View New School District Lincoln Independent School District 1866 Creation yes* 1866
View Annexation West Hempfield Township-Columbia Borough 1866 Annexation yes Apr 16, 1866
View Annexation Columbia Borough-West Hempfield Township 1867 Annexation yes Apr 5, 1867
View General Law Strasburg Borough 1867 General Law (1834 Act) yes Oct 14, 1867
View School District Annexation Bart Township-Paradise Township 1868 School District Annexation yes* 1868
View Boundary Realignment Bart Township-Sadsbury Township 1872 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1871–1872
View Boundary Realignment Earl Township-Ephrata Township 1872 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1871–1872
View Annexation West Hempfield Township-Columbia Borough 1872 Annexation yes Mar 27, 1872
View General Law Washington Borough 1873 General Law yes Dec 15, 1873
View City Classification Pennsylvania 1874 City Classification yes May 23, 1874
View General Law Adamstown Borough 1875 General Law yes Nov 13, 1875
View School District Annexation Eden Township-Bart Township 1878 School District Annexation yes* 1876–1878
View Boundary Realignment Paradise Township-Salisbury Township 1880 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1880
View Boundary Realignment Sadsbury Township-Salisbury Township 1880 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1879–1880
View School District Annexation Bart Township-Sadsbury Township 1881 School District Annexation yes* 1880–1881
View Boundary Realignment Earl Township-Leacock Township-Upper Leacock Township 1881 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1880–1881
View New Township East Drumore Township 1885 Creation yes* 1885
View General Law Elizabethtown Borough 1886 General Law yes May 4, 1886
View New Borough Lititz Borough 1888 Creation yes Sep 29, 1888
View General Law Strasburg Borough 1888 General Law yes Nov 19, 1888
View New Borough Ephrata Borough 1891 Creation yes Aug 22, 1891
View New Borough Quarryville Borough 1892 Creation yes Dec 1, 1892
View School District Annexation Eden Township-Bart Township 1892 School District Annexation yes* 1892–1893
View School District Annexation Providence Township-East Drumore Township 1893 School District Annexation (Kerr) yes* 1893
View New Borough Christiana Borough 1893 Creation yes Dec 4, 1893
View School District Annexation Providence Township-East Drumore Township 1893 School District Annexation (Swinehart) yes* 1893–1894
View New Borough Akron Borough 1895 Creation yes Apr 13, 1895
View New Borough New Holland Borough 1895 Creation yes May 25, 1895
View Township Classification Pennsylvania 1899 Township Classification yes Apr 28, 1899
View New Borough Denver Borough 1900 Creation yes Sep 5, 1900
View General Law Columbia Borough 1904 General Law yes Jan 20, 1904
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 17 yes May 9, 1904
View Charter Amendment Lititz Borough 1906 Charter Amendment yes* 1905–1906
View New Borough Mountville Borough 1906 Creation yes Jun 18, 1906
View New Borough Terre Hill Borough 1907 Creation yes Nov 22, 1907
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough 1909 Ordinance yes Feb 27, 1909
View Annexation Manheim Borough 1910 Ordinance yes Apr 26, 1910
View Annexation Denver Borough Ordinance 44 yes Jun 17, 1912
View Annexation Mountville Borough Ordinance 18 yes* May 26, 1913
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough 1914 Ordinance yes Nov 4, 1914
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance 53 yes* Jan 25, 1915
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance 65 yes* Dec 28, 1920
View General Law Lancaster City 1924 General Law yes May 27, 1924
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough 1927 Ordinance yes Nov 7, 1928
View Boundary Realignment Lancaster City-Lancaster Township-Manheim Township 1929 Boundary Realignment yes* 1929
View Annexation Ephrata Borough 1929 Ordinance (1) yes Nov 6, 1929
View Annexation Ephrata Borough 1929 Ordinance (2) yes Nov 6, 1929
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 321 yes Nov 6, 1929
View Annexation Denver Borough Ordinance 96 and 97 yes Jun 27, 1931
View New Borough Millersville Borough 1932 Creation yes Jan 19, 1932
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 342 and 342B yes Aug 6, 1932
View Annexation Adamstown Borough Ordinance 48 yes Jan 12, 1938
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 385 yes May 23, 1938
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 475 yes Aug 30, 1940
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough 1941 Ordinance yes* Nov 7, 1941
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 509 yes Nov 26, 1941
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough 1945 Ordinance yes* Feb 9, 1946
View Annexation New Holland Borough Ordinance 98 yes* Jun 26, 1946
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 570 yes* Jul 10, 1946
View Annexation Denver Borough Ordinance 144 yes* Aug 8, 1946
View Annexation Denver Borough Ordinance 145 yes* Aug 8, 1946
View Annexation Denver Borough Ordinance 146 yes* Aug 8, 1946
View Annexation Denver Borough Ordinance 147 yes* Aug 8, 1946
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 572 yes* Sep 9, 1946
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 364 yes Aug 1, 1947
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 365 yes Aug 1, 1947
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 366 yes Aug 1, 1947
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 367 yes Aug 23, 1947
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 368 yes Aug 23, 1947
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 369 yes Aug 23, 1947
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 370 yes Aug 23, 1947
View Annexation Adamstown Borough Ordinance 80 yes Sep 10, 1947
View Annexation Adamstown Borough Ordinance 81 yes Sep 10, 1947
View New Borough East Petersburg Borough 1948 Creation yes Jan 5, 1948
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 385 yes Apr 7, 1948
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 213 yes* Apr 28, 1948
View Annexation Strasburg Borough Ordinance 18 yes Apr 28, 1948
View Annexation Strasburg Borough Ordinance 19 yes May 17, 1948
View Annexation Lititz Borough 1948 Ordinance yes* Jun 1, 1948
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough 1948 Ordinance yes* Jul 27, 1948
View Annexation Mountville Borough Ordinance 32 yes Jul 27, 1948
View Annexation Adamstown Borough Ordinance 84 yes Nov 3, 1948
View Annexation Strasburg Borough Ordinance 23 yes Nov 8, 1948
View Annexation New Holland Borough Ordinance 112 yes Dec 2, 1948
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 46 yes* Dec 29, 1948
View Annexation New Holland Borough Ordinance 113 yes Feb 8, 1949
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 408 yes Feb 12, 1949
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 224 yes* Jul 12, 1949
View Annexation Denver Borough Ordinance 157 yes Sep 14, 1949
View Annexation Denver Borough Ordinance 158 yes Sep 14, 1949
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance 139 yes* Sep 14, 1949
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance of 31 August 1949 yes* Sep 14, 1949
View Annexation Strasburg Borough Ordinance 34 yes Sep 14, 1949
View Annexation Manheim Borough Ordinance 243 yes* Nov 9, 1949
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 435 yes Feb 20, 1950
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 75 yes May 17, 1950
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough 1949 Ordinance yes* May 17, 1950
View Annexation Strasburg Borough Ordinance 39 yes Jul 25, 1951
View Annexation New Holland Borough Ordinance 123 yes Aug 10, 1951
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough 1951 Ordinance yes* Aug 22, 1951
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance 169 yes* Nov 7, 1951
View Annexation Terre Hill Borough 1951 Ordinance yes* Nov 7, 1951
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 474 yes Nov 19, 1951
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 242 yes Dec 14, 1951
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 243 yes Dec 14, 1951
View Annexation Quarryville Borough Ordinance 82 yes* May 19, 1952
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 7-1952 yes Jun 20, 1952
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 8-1952 yes Jun 20, 1952
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 11-1952 yes Jul 10, 1952
View Annexation Denver Borough Ordinance 173 yes Jul 28, 1952
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 25-1952 yes Oct 18, 1952
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 651 yes* Nov 5, 1952
View Annexation Quarryville Borough Ordinance 89 yes Nov 5, 1952
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough 1952 Ordinance yes* Dec 22, 1952
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 23-1953 yes* 1953
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 48-1952 yes Jan 1, 1953
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 57-1952 yes Jan 4, 1953
View First Class Township Manheim Township 1953 1st Class yes Jan 5, 1953
View Annexation Adamstown Borough Ordinance 95 yes Mar 5, 1953
View Annexation Mountville Borough Ordinance 39 yes* Mar 17, 1953
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 16-1952 yes Jun 26, 1953
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 20-1952 yes Jun 26, 1953
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 28-1952 yes Jun 26, 1953
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 33-1952 yes Jun 26, 1953
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough 1953 Ordinance yes* Nov 4, 1953
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 663 yes* Nov 4, 1953
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 664 yes* Nov 4, 1953
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 18-1952 yes Nov 6, 1953
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 19-1952 yes Nov 6, 1953
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 26-1952 yes Nov 6, 1953
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 29-1952 yes Nov 6, 1953
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 676 yes* Dec 24, 1953
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 265 yes* 1954
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 682 yes* 1954
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 684 yes* 1954
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough 1954 Ordinance yes* 1954
View Annexation New Holland Borough Ordinance 135 yes* 1954
View Annexation Mountville Borough Ordinance 48 yes* Feb 25, 1954
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance 197 yes* Apr 30, 1954
View Annexation Denver Borough Ordinance 181 yes May 19, 1954
View Annexation Mountville Borough Ordinance 49 yes* May 19, 1954
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 62 yes Jul 23, 1954
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 17-1954 yes Aug 27, 1954
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance 210 yes* 1955
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 685 yes Feb 25, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 40-1952 yes May 13, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 41-1952 yes May 13, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 42-1952 yes May 13, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 43-1952 yes May 13, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 49-1952 yes May 13, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 50-1952 yes May 13, 1955
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough 1955 Ordinance yes May 17, 1955
View Annexation Manheim Borough Ordinance 263 yes May 17, 1955
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 66 yes May 17, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 45-1952 yes Jul 29, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 46-1952 yes Jul 29, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 47-1952 yes Jul 29, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 51-1952 yes Jul 29, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 52-1952 yes Jul 29, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 53-1952 yes Jul 29, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 60-1952 yes Jul 29, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 61-1952 yes Jul 29, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 64-1952 (Tract A) yes Jul 29, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 66-1952 yes Jul 29, 1955
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough 1955 Ordinance yes Sep 2, 1955
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 295 yes Nov 8, 1955
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 696 yes Nov 8, 1955
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 697 yes Nov 8, 1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 21-1955 yes Dec 2, 1955
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 699 yes Dec 9, 1955
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance of 7/16/1956 yes* 1956
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 36-1952 yes Feb 2, 1956
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 701 yes Apr 24, 1956
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 702 yes Apr 24, 1956
View Annexation Strasburg Borough Ordinance 50 yes May 31, 1956
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance 236 yes Jun 11, 1956
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 4-1956 and 7-1956 yes Jul 13, 1956
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 5-1956 and 8-1956 yes Jul 13, 1956
View Annexation Strasburg Borough Ordinance 51 yes Nov 7, 1956
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance of 10/22/1956 yes Dec 7, 1956
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 713A yes* 1957
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 1-1957 yes* 1957
View Annexation Strasburg Borough Ordinance 53 yes Jan 7, 1957
View Annexation New Holland Borough Ordinance 141 yes Jan 18, 1957
View Annexation Adamstown Borough Ordinance 102 yes Feb 1, 1957
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 100 yes May 21, 1957
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 101 yes May 21, 1957
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 97 yes May 21, 1957
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 98 yes May 21, 1957
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance 262 yes May 21, 1957
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 76 yes May 21, 1957
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 77 yes May 21, 1957
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 78 yes May 21, 1957
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough 1956 Ordinance yes May 21, 1957
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance 263 yes Jun 21, 1957
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 13-1955 yes Jun 27, 1957
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 9-1955 yes Jun 27, 1957
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 304 yes Jul 12, 1957
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 306 yes Jul 12, 1957
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough Ordinance of June 1957 yes Jul 26, 1957
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough 1957 Ordinance yes Aug 23, 1957
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 83 yes Jan 17, 1958
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 717 yes Mar 7, 1958
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance of 1/21/1958 yes Mar 14, 1958
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance 274 yes Jun 10, 1958
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 727 yes Aug 8, 1958
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 346 yes Nov 4, 1958
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 19-1958 yes Nov 24, 1958
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 735 yes Jan 9, 1959
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance 282 yes Feb 13, 1959
View Annexation New Holland Borough Ordinance 157 yes May 19, 1959
View Annexation Strasburg Borough Ordinance 58 yes May 28, 1959
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 93 yes Jun 26, 1959
View Annexation Strasburg Borough Ordinance 59 yes Jul 1, 1959
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 8-1959 yes Jul 3, 1959
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 383 yes Aug 7, 1959
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance 287 yes Aug 17, 1959
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 334 yes Nov 3, 1959
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 386 yes Nov 6, 1959
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 390 yes Nov 6, 1959
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 389 yes Nov 20, 1959
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 391 yes Dec 31, 1959
View Annexation Mountville Borough Ordinance 63 yes* 1960
View Annexation New Holland Borough Ordinance 164 yes* 1960
View Annexation Adamstown Borough Ordinance 114 yes Feb 19, 1960
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 347 yes Nov 8, 1960
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance 297 yes Nov 8, 1960
View Annexation Strasburg Borough Ordinance 60 yes Nov 8, 1960
View Annexation Akron Borough-West Earl Township Reconstructed 1950-1961 Annexation yes? 1950–1961
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 101 yes Jan 20, 1961
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 134 yes May 24, 1961
View Annexation Strasburg Borough Ordinance 62 yes Aug 25, 1961
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 353 yes Nov 7, 1961
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance 305 yes Nov 7, 1961
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance C-2 yes Nov 7, 1961
View Annexation Denver Borough Ordinance 225 yes Nov 8, 1961
View Annexation Denver Borough Ordinance 226 yes Dec 19, 1961
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough Ordinance of August 1957 yes* 1957–1962
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 111 and 115 yes Feb 9, 1962
View Annexation Quarryville Borough Ordinance 132 yes Feb 16, 1962
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 43-1961 yes Mar 2, 1962
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 142 yes May 18, 1962
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 143 yes May 18, 1962
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 114 yes Jul 6, 1962
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 428 yes Aug 10, 1962
View Annexation Warwick Township 1962 Ordinance yes Nov 23, 1962
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 1963-2 yes* 1963
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 150 yes May 24, 1963
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 12-1963 yes Jun 28, 1963
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 1963-3 yes Aug 16, 1963
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 452 yes Nov 5, 1963
View Annexation New Holland Borough Ordinance 208 yes Nov 5, 1963
View Annexation Strasburg Borough Ordinance 66 yes Nov 5, 1963
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 800 yes Nov 29, 1963
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 806 yes Dec 13, 1963
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 454 yes Dec 27, 1963
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 165 yes* 1964
View Annexation Lancaster City Resolution 79-1963 yes* 1963–1964
View Annexation Strasburg Borough Ordinance 68 yes Apr 28, 1964
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 821 yes Nov 3, 1964
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 473 yes Nov 16, 1964
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 474 yes Nov 16, 1964
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 822 yes Dec 24, 1964
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance C-43 yes Dec 24, 1964
View Annexation Manheim Borough Ordinance 353 yes Dec 24, 1964
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 1965-1 yes Feb 12, 1965
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 169 yes May 21, 1965
View Annexation Manheim Borough Ordinance 358 yes Jun 25, 1965
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 835 yes Aug 2, 1965
View Annexation Mountville Borough Ordinance 81 yes Aug 27, 1965
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough 1965 Ordinance yes Nov 19, 1965
View Annexation East Petersburg Borough Ordinance 54 yes Nov 26, 1965
View Mayor-Council Form Lancaster City 1966 Optional Charter yes Jan 3, 1966
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 839 and 844 yes Feb 18, 1966
View Annexation Manheim Borough Ordinance 367 yes Mar 25, 1966
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough 1966 Ordinance yes Jun 24, 1966
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance C-48 yes Aug 12, 1966
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance C-54 yes Aug 12, 1966
View Annexation East Petersburg Borough Ordinance 56 yes Aug 26, 1966
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 852 yes Nov 18, 1966
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 853 yes Nov 18, 1966
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 854 yes Nov 18, 1966
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 862 yes Nov 18, 1966
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance C-66 yes Dec 2, 1966
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 397 and 402 yes* 1966–1967
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 403 yes* 1967
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 404 yes* 1967
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 405 yes* 1967
View Boundary Realignment East Lampeter Township-West Lampeter Township 1960s Boundary Realignment yes* 1964–1967
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 28-1967 yes* 1967
View Annexation Manheim Borough Ordinance 384 yes* 1967
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 1967-10 yes* 1967
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 1967-14 yes* 1967
View Plat Recording Washington Borough 1967 Plat Recording yes* 1966–1967
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 868 yes Feb 10, 1967
View Annexation East Petersburg Borough Ordinance 60 yes Feb 24, 1967
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 4-1967 yes Mar 10, 1967
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 1967-6 yes May 16, 1967
View Annexation Manheim Borough Ordinance 378 yes May 18, 1967
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 185 yes May 26, 1967
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 22-1967 yes Jun 30, 1967
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 885 yes* Jul 3, 1967
View Annexation Marietta Borough Ordinance 67-3 yes Jul 7, 1967
View Annexation Denver Borough Ordinance 260 yes* Sep 8, 1967
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 891 yes Nov 7, 1967
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 892 yes Nov 17, 1967
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 509 yes Dec 22, 1967
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 421 yes* 1968
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 422 yes* 1968
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 423 yes* 1968
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 424 yes* 1968
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 425 yes* 1968
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 432 yes* 1968
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 905 yes* 1968
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 1968-11 yes* 1968
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 899 yes Apr 23, 1968
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough 1968 Ordinance yes Apr 23, 1968
View Annexation East Petersburg Borough Ordinance 66 yes May 3, 1968
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 900 yes May 10, 1968
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 901 yes May 10, 1968
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 415 yes* Jun 11, 1968
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 194 yes* Jun 21, 1968
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 192 yes Jul 5, 1968
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 506 yes Nov 6, 1968
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 444 yes* 1969
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 445 yes* 1969
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 446 yes* 1969
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 448 yes* 1969
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 1969-10 yes* 1969
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 1969-2 yes* 1969
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 520 yes Mar 6, 1969
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 913 yes May 20, 1969
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 1968-5 yes Aug 29, 1969
View Annexation New Holland Borough Ordinance 240 yes Oct 10, 1969
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance C-94 yes Nov 14, 1969
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance C-99 yes Nov 14, 1969
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 215 yes* 1970
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 216 yes* 1970
View Annexation Akron Borough Ordinance 218 yes* 1970
View Annexation East Petersburg Borough Ordinance 74 yes* 1969–1970
View Annexation East Petersburg Borough Ordinance 75 yes* 1969–1970
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 533 yes* 1970
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 924 yes* 1970
View Annexation Manor Township-Washington Borough 1960s Annexation yes^ 1960–1970
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 1970-1 yes* 1970
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 1970-3 yes* 1970
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 1970-4 yes* 1970
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 529 yes Mar 2, 1970
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 532 yes Mar 2, 1970
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough Ordinance of 9 March 1970 (2) yes Mar 17, 1970
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough Ordinance of 9 March 1970 (1) yes May 19, 1970
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough Ordinance of 9 March 1970 (3) yes May 19, 1970
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 534 yes* May 20, 1970
View Annexation Elizabethtown Borough Ordinance 535 yes* May 20, 1970
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 1970-5 yes* May 20, 1970
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 455 yes* 1970–1971
View Annexation Marietta Borough Ordinance 70-3 yes* 1970–1971
View Annexation New Holland Borough Ordinance 239 yes* 1969–1971
View Annexation Marietta Borough Ordinance 69-12 yes* Dec 22, 1971
View Annexation Strasburg Borough Ordinance 91 yes* Dec 23, 1971
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 1969-9 yes* 1969–1972
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance C-107 yes* Jan 10, 1972
View Annexation Lititz Borough Ordinance C-119 yes* Jan 10, 1972
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Ordinance 953 yes* Jul 19, 1972
View Annexation Strasburg Borough Ordinance 96 yes* Jul 17, 1973
View Annexation New Holland Borough Ordinance 265 yes* Aug 2, 1973
View Dissolution Washington Borough-Manor Township 1973 Merger yes Dec 31, 1973
View Annexation West Cocalico Township-Denver Borough 1974 Annexation yes Nov 22, 1974
View Annexation West Hempfield Township-Mountville Borough 1976 Annexation yes May 17, 1976
View Annexation Rapho Township-Manheim Borough 1982 Annexation yes Jun 1, 1982
View Annexation West Cocalico Township-Denver Borough 1984 Annexation yes Nov 20, 1984
View Annexation West Hempfield Township-Mountville Borough 1988 Annexation yes Nov 21, 1988
View Annexation Earl Township-New Holland Borough 1989 Annexation (1) yes Jun 5, 1989
View Annexation Earl Township-New Holland Borough 1989 Annexation (2) yes Jun 5, 1989
View Annexation Earl Township-New Holland Borough 1989 Annexation (3) yes Jun 5, 1989
View Annexation West Hempfield Township-Mountville Borough 1990 Annexation yes May 29, 1990
View Boundary Realignment Akron Borough-Ephrata Township 1990 Boundary Realignment yes Nov 19, 1990
View School District Annexation Manheim Township School District-School District of Lancaster 2000 School District Annexation yes* 1999–2000
View Annexation Lancaster Township-Millersville Borough 2009 Annexation yes* 2009
View Boundary Realignment Akron Borough-Ephrata Township 2010 Boundary Realignment yes* May 18, 2010

Government Action

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View 		Minute: [1747 tax] 1747 v. 1
View Minute: [1759 tax] 1759 v. 1, p. 134
View Election: [For or against Manheim Township becoming a township of the first class] Nov 4, 1952
View Charter Commission Election: "Shall a Charter Commission be elected to Study the Charter and Form of government of the City of Lancaster and to consider a new charter and make recommendations thereon?" Nov 6, 1962
View Election: Do you favor the annexation of that part of the Township of Manheim containing 30.162 acres, lying on the North side of Grofftown Road, on which is erected the Abraham Lincoln Junior High School, owned by the School District of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to the City of Lancaster? May 21, 1963
View Election: "Shall the Mayor-Council Plan A of the Optional Third Class City Charter Law, providing for 7 councilman to be elected at large, be adopted by the City of Lancaster?" Nov 5, 1963
View Election Nov 2, 1971 Rejected
View Charter Commission Election Nov 7, 1972 Rejected
View Election Nov 6, 1973
View Election Nov 5, 1974 Certified Nov 22, 1974
View Election Apr 27, 1976 Certified May 17, 1976
View Election Nov 2, 1976 Rejected
View Election May 18, 1982 Certified Jun 1, 1982
View Election May 17, 1983 Rejected
View Election Nov 6, 1984 Rejected
View Election Nov 6, 1984 Certified Nov 20, 1984
View Election: Do you favor the annexation into Mountville Borough of adjacent property currently located in West Hempfield Township. Property located on the north and south sides of US Route 30 and situated east of Edgemont Road and west of Hill Street containing approximately 64 acres? Nov 8, 1988 Certified Nov 21, 1988
View Election: "Do you favor the annexation into New Holland Borough of adjacent property currently located in Earl Township. Property located on the South side of Penn Central Railroad Tracks and East of Diller Avenue containing approximately 3.4338 acres?" May 16, 1989 Certified Jun 5, 1989
View Election: "Do you favor the annexation into New Holland Borough of adjacent property currently located in Earl Township. The property constitutes premises of the Eastern Lancaster County School District Authority North of East Main Street, being Pennsylvania Route 23, and West of North Tower Road, being Township Route 814, containing twenty-eight and six tenths acres?" May 16, 1989 Certified Jun 5, 1989
View Election: "Do you favor the annexation into New Holland Borough of adjacent property currently located in Earl Township. The property constitutes Northern one-half of the right-of-way of Spruce Street, extending from North Railroad Avenue to Reidenbach Road?" May 16, 1989 Certified Jun 5, 1989
View Election: Do you favor the annexation into Mount Joy Borough of adjacent property currently located in East Donegal Township, property located at the west side of Marietta Avenue (Pa. Rt. 772), containing 38.00 acres, John E. Melhorn property? May 15, 1990 Rejected
View Election: Do you favor the annexation into Quarryville Borough of adjacent property currently located in Providence Township, property bounded on the north by Penn Central Railroad Tracks, south by Rt. 222, east by Quarryville Borough and Providence Township lines, and west by Oak Bottom Road? (formerly the Groff Property) May 15, 1990 Rejected
View Election: Do you favor the annexation into the Borough of Mountville of approximately nine and one-half (9 1/2) acres of public park land located on the south side of U. S. Route 30 owned by Mountville Community Services Foundation, being that portion of Froelich Park located in West Hempfield Township? May 15, 1990 Certified May 29, 1990
View Election: Do you favor the annexation into the Borough of Akron of adjacent property currently located in the Township of Ephrata and do you favor the annexation out of the Borough of Akron into the Township of Ephrata of certain property located in the Borough of Akron as described in the attached exhibit and shown on the attached map? Nov 6, 1990 Certified Nov 19, 1990
View Election: "DO YOU FAVOR THE ANNEXATION INTO MILLERSVILLE BOROUGH OF PROPERTY CURRENTLY LOCATED IN LANCASTER TOWNSHIP, SAID PROPERTY LOCATED ALONG WABANK ROAD, PRESENTLY SITUATED IN LANCASTER TOWNSHIP, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 30 AND 39 WABANK ROAD, AND CERTAIN LAND ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF MANOR AVENUE/MILLERSVILLE ROAD, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 2101 MILLERSVILLE ROAD, AND CERTAIN LAND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CREEK DRIVE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 206 CREEK DRIVE?" May 19, 2009
View Election: "DO YOU FAVOR THE ANNEXATION INTO THE BOROUGH OF AKRON OF ADJACENT PROPERTY CURRENTLY LOCATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF EPHRATA, WHICH CONSISTS OF AKRON BOROUGH'S COLONIAL DRIVE PARK, PROPERTY TO THE WEST THEREOF CURRENTLY ADJOINING AKRON BOROUGH AND A SMALL SECTION OF THE FORMER RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY NOW WITHIN EPHRATA TOWNSHIP, WHICH IS BEING DEVELOPED INTO A LINEAL PARK ADJACENT TO COLONIAL DRIVE PARK, AND DO YOU FAVOR THE ANNEXATION OUT OF THE BOROUGH OF AKRON INTO THE TOWNSHIP OF EPHRATA OF CERTAIN PORTIONS OF PROPERTIES CURRENTLY LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF AKRON CONSISTING OF THE REAR PORTIONS OF 271, 273, 275 AND 277 COLONIAL DRIVE AND A SMALL PART OF MANOR RIDGE DRIVE?" May 18, 2010
View Election: "Shall that certain portion of the Township of Lancaster, County of Lancaster, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which portion is more fully described hereinafter (the Proposed Annexed Property), be annexed and included within the boundaries of the Township of Pequea, County of Lancaster, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:" May 17, 2011 Rejected
View Work Session Minute: [Resolution No. 86 of 2011] Dec 27, 2011
View Resolution 86, 2011: Approving Lancaster County's election not to become a county of the second class A Dec 27, 2011

Research Log

Detail Type/Notes Log Date Coverage
Election Docket bk. 5 (1950s–1972)
Election Returns bk. 1960–1981 (1960–1981)
Election Returns bk. 1982–1989 (1982–1989)
Election Returns bk. 1990–1999 (1990–1999)
Law Library Visit
Open Records Request (Elections) Apr 23, 2011
Open Records Request (Ordinances) Feb 18, 2022
Quarter Sessions Minutes bk. 1875–1 (1875–1944)
Road Docket bk. 27–29 (1955–1970s)
Road Minutes bk. 1955-1985 (1955–1985)

National Archives

Detail Source Set Government File Unit From To
View 1940-1950 Cns. Minor Civ. Div. Corr. Lancaster County 17500451 522 535
View 1940-1950 Cns. Minor Civ. Div. Corr. Lancaster County 17500451 686 686
View Cns. Mp. 1940 Lancaster County 5837746 1 1
View Cns. Mp. 1950 Lancaster County 36433168 1 1
View Cns. Mp. 1950 Lancaster Urbanized 36433171 1 1

Other Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View Boundary Realignment Lancaster Borough-Lancaster Township Proposed 1755 Merger unknown 1755
View Boundary Realignment Elizabeth Township-Warwick Township Proposed 1766 Boundary Realignment unknown 1766
View New Township Hanover Township Proposed 1768 Division no* 1768
View Boundary Realignment Elizabeth Township-Warwick Township Proposed 1769 Boundary Realignment unknown 1769
View New Township Hanover Township Proposed 1775 Division no* 1775
View New County Chester County-Lancaster County Proposed 1800s New Township no* 1800–1810
View Annexation Elizabeth Township-Cocalico Township Proposed 1817 Annexation unknown 1817
View Boundary Realignment Earl Township-Cocalico Township Proposed 1819 Boundary Realignment unknown 1819
View New Township Drumore Township Proposed 1827 Division no* 1827
View Boundary Realignment East Donegal Township-West Hempfield Township Proposed 1842 Boundary Realignment unknown 1842
View New Township Harrison Township Proposed 1844 Creation no* 1844–1846
View New Borough Churchtown Borough Proposed 1847 Creation no* 1847
View Boundary Realignment Lancaster County-Lebanon County Proposed 1852 Boundary Realignment unknown 1852
View New School District Clay Township-Elizabeth Township Proposed 1855 Independent School District unknown 1855
View Annexation Ephrata Township-Warwick Township Proposed 1855 Annexation unknown 1855
View General Law Columbia Borough Proposed 1857 General Law unknown 1857
View Boundary Realignment Earl Township-East Earl Township Proposed 1859 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1859
View Annexation Drumore Township-Providence Township to Eden Township Proposed 1858 Annexation no* 1858–1860
View Annexation Elizabeth Township-Penn Township Proposed 1860 Annexation no* 1860
View New Borough Marticville Borough Proposed 1860 Creation no 1860
View New Township Rapho Township Proposed 1865 Division no* 1865
View New Borough Bainbridge Borough Proposed 1867 Creation no* 1867
View New Township Rapho Township Proposed 1867 Division no* 1867
View New School District Brecknock Township-East Cocalico Township Proposed 1868 Independent School District no* 1868
View New School District East Cocalico Township-West Cocalico Township Proposed 1867 Independent School District no* 1867–1868
View New Township Earl Township Proposed 1868 Division no 1868–1869
View School District Annexation West Hempfield Township-East Hempfield Township Proposed 1868 School District Annexation no* 1868–1869
View New Township Rapho Township Proposed 1869 Division no 1869–1870
View New School District East Hempfield Township-West Hempfield Township Proposed 1871 Independent School District unknown 1871
View New Township Rapho Township Proposed 1870 Division no 1870–1871
View New Township Rapho Township Proposed 1871 Division no* 1871
View Charter Amendment Washington Borough Proposed 1870 Charter Amendment no 1870–1871
View New Township Drumore Township Proposed 1872 Division no 1872
View Annexation East Cocalico Township-Ephrata Township Proposed 1872 Annexation unknown 1872
View Boundary Realignment Ephrata Township-Warwick Township Proposed 1872 Boundary Realignment no 1872
View Annexation Washington Borough-Manor Township Proposed 1871 Annexation no 1871–1872
View Boundary Realignment Penn Township-Elizabeth Township Proposed 1874 Boundary Change no 1874
View New Township Salisbury Township Proposed 1874 Division no* 1874
View New Township Salisbury Township Proposed 1875 Division no* 1875
View New School District Strasburg Township Proposed 1878 Independent School District no 1878
View Annexation Rapho Township-Penn Township Proposed 1878 Annexation no 1878–1879
View New School District Strasburg Township Proposed 1879 Independent School District no* 1879
View New School District Penn Township Proposed 1879 Independent School District no* 1879–1880
View Boundary Realignment Caernarvon Township-East Earl Township-Leacock Township-Salisbury Township 1880s Boundary Ascertainment no 1886–1887
View General Law Marietta Borough Proposed 1889 General Law no 1889
View New Borough Akron Borough Proposed 1894 Creation no 1894
View Annexation West Donegal Township-Elizabethtown Borough Proposed 1902 Annexation no 1902–1903
View Annexation Warwick Township-Lititz Borough Proposed 1907 Annexation no 1907
View Plat Recording Washington Borough Proposed 1907 Plat Recording unknown 1907
View Annexation Lancaster Township-Manheim Township-Lancaster City Proposed 1908 Annexation unknown 1908
View School District Annexation Eden Township-Quarryville Borough Proposed 1908 School District Annexation no 1908–1909
View Boundary Realignment Lancaster County-Lebanon County 1912 Boundary Realignment unknown 1912
View New Borough Florin Borough Proposed 1920 Creation no 1920–1921
View Charter Amendment Terre Hill Borough 1922 Charter Amendment unknown 1920–1922
View Annexation Lancaster Township-Lancaster City Proposed 1924 Annexation (East) no 1924–1925
View Annexation Lancaster Township-Lancaster City Proposed 1924 Annexation (West) no 1924–1925
View Annexation Manheim Township-Lancaster City Proposed 1924 Annexation no 1924–1925
View Annexation West Lampeter Township-Lancaster City Proposed 1924 Annexation no 1924–1925
View Annexation Ephrata Borough Proposed 1928 Annexation unknown 1928
View Annexation Mount Joy Borough 1920 Ordinance no* 1920–1943
View Annexation Mountville Borough Ordinance 34 no* 1949
View Annexation Mountville Borough Ordinance 36 no* 1951
View School District Reversion Sadsbury Township-Bart Township Proposed 1948 School District Reversion unknown 1948–1951
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 10-1952 no 1952
View First Class Township Lancaster Township Proposed 1952 1st Class no 1952
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 27-1952 no 1952–1953
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 44-1952 no 1952–1953
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 54-1952 no 1952–1953
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 58-1952 no 1952–1953
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 59-1952 no 1952–1953
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 65-1952 no 1952–1953
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 67-1952 no 1952–1953
View Annexation Denver Borough Ordinance 177 no* 1954
View Annexation Mountville Borough Ordinance 46 no* 1953–1954
View New School District Weaverland Independent School District Proposed 1952 Creation no* 1952–1954
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 55-1952 no 1952–1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 56-1952 no 1952–1955
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 64-1952 (Tract B) unknown 1953–1955
View Boundary Realignment West Donegal Township-Mount Joy Township Proposed 1950 Boundary Realignment no 1950–1955
View Annexation Ephrata Borough 1958 Ordinance (John L. Hamaker et al.) no 1958
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 28-1957 no 1957–1958
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 447 no 1969
View Annexation Lancaster City Ordinance 24-1970 no* 1970
View Annexation Columbia Borough Ordinance 456 no* 1970–1971
View Annexation Ephrata Borough 1971 Ordinance (Harol Hacker) no* 1971
View Annexation West Cocalico Township-Denver Borough Proposed 1971 Annexation no 1971
View Home Rule (County) Lancaster County Proposed 1972 Home Rule no* 1972
View Annexation Millersville Borough Ordinance 1970-6 no* 1970–1973
View Annexation Strasburg Township-Strasburg Borough Proposed 1976 Annexation no* 1976
View Annexation East Hempfield Township-East Petersburg Borough Proposed 1983 Annexation no* 1983
View Annexation East Cocalico Township-Denver Borough Proposed 1984 Annexation no* 1984
View Annexation East Donegal Township-Mount Joy Borough Proposed 1990 Annexation no* 1990
View Annexation Providence Township-Quarryville Borough Proposed 1990 Annexation no* 1990
View County Classification Lancaster County Proposed 2010s 3rd to 2nd A no 2011
View Annexation Lancaster Township-Pequea Township Proposed 2011 Annexation no 2011
View County Classification Lancaster County Proposed 2020s 3rd to 2nd A pending 2021–2022