Georgetown, Pennsylvania | |
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Coordinates: 39°56′15″N 76°05′00″W / 39.93750°N 76.08333°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Lancaster |
Township | Bart |
Area | |
• Total | 4.08 sq mi (10.57 km2) |
• Land | 4.08 sq mi (10.55 km2) |
• Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
Elevation | 678 ft (207 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,058 |
• Density | 259.63/sq mi (100.25/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | |
Area code | 717 |
FIPS code | 42-28828 |
GNIS feature ID | 1175542 |
Georgetown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,022.[3] Georgetown has a post office for P.O. boxes that is called Bart and has the ZIP code of 17503. Otherwise, the CDP is divided into three ZIP code areas for more distant communities.
Half of the small community of Nickel Mines, the site of the West Nickel Mines School shooting, is within the Georgetown CDP. The alleged shooter, Charles Carl Roberts IV, was a resident of Georgetown, where he lived with his wife and children.[4]