Colerain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | |
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 Historic house in Andrews Bridge | |
 Map of Lancaster County highlighting Colerain Township | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Lancaster |
| Settled | 1758 |
| Incorporated | 1738 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Board of Supervisors |
| Area | |
• Total | 29.02 sq mi (75.16 km2) |
| • Land | 28.35 sq mi (73.43 km2) |
| • Water | 0.67 sq mi (1.73 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,883 |
• Estimate (2021)[2] | 3,913 |
| • Density | 130/sq mi (52/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 717 |
| FIPS code | 42-071-15056 |
| Website | coleraintwppa |
Colerain Township is a township in southeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,883 at the 2020 census,[3] an increase over the figure of 3,635 tabulated in 2010.[4] It is part of the Solanco School District.
Colerain Township was organized as a township in 1738. It was settled mainly by the Irish and was named after Coleraine, a seaport town in County Londonderry, now in Northern Ireland. Records show that Presbyterian Scots and Scotch-Irish also moved into Colerain Township very early into its settlement.
According to the 2020 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 61.8% of the township's population spoke only English, while 38.1 spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language"[3] (basically Pennsylvania German/German).
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Aug 14, 2017.
- ^ Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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