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Lancaster County

county in Pennsylvania, United States
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Lancaster County
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Summary

Lancaster County is a county of Pennsylvania[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of county of pennsylvania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,152 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pennsylvania[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Lancaster[5]
  • Shares border with: Dauphin County[6], York County[7], Harford County[8], Cecil County[9], Chester County[10], Lebanon County[11], Berks County[12]
  • Named after: Lancaster[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Lancaster[14], Mount Joy[15]
  • Commons category: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania[16]
  • Inception: May 10, 1729[17]
  • Coordinate location: 40.04, -76.25[18]
  • Official website: http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lancaster County, Pennsylvania[20]
  • Population: 519,445[21], 520,305[22], 523,612[23], 526,436[24], 529,600[25], 536,624[26], 552,984[27]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania[28]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania[30]
  • Number of households: 204,003[31]
  • Native label: Lancaster County[32]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109967[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania[34]
  • Different from: Lancaster County[35]
  • Area: 2548[36]
  • Water as percent of area: 4.1[37]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania[38]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Lancaster metropolitan area[39]
  • Social media followers: 38,861[40]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Lancaster County include it[41], a county of Nebraska[42], in United States[43], founded in 1854[44].

Why It Matters

Lancaster County has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for it include it[41], a county of Nebraska[42], in United States[43], founded in 1854[44].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → lancaster-county, lancaster-county-pa
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Lancaster County, P
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pre"
  2. 19w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Domain name → lancaster.pa.us
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Domain name: lancaster.pa.us"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Lancaster County, Lancaster County, Lancaster County
    Inception → +1729-05-10T00:00:00Z
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
    Country → —
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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