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Falmouth, Pennsylvania
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Falmouth, Pennsylvania is located in Pennsylvania
Falmouth, Pennsylvania
Falmouth, Pennsylvania
Location in Pennsylvania
Falmouth, Pennsylvania is located in the United States
Falmouth, Pennsylvania
Falmouth, Pennsylvania
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Lancaster
Township Conoy
Area
 • Total 0.99 sq mi (2.56 km2)
 • Land 0.99 sq mi (2.55 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
360 ft (110 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 397
 • Density 402.64/sq mi (155.45/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code 42-25168
GNIS feature ID 1174610

Falmouth is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Conoy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 420, but the 2020 census shows that the population has decreased to 397.

Geography

Falmouth is in the northwestern corner of Lancaster County, at the confluence of Conewago Creek with the Susquehanna River. It is bordered to the northwest, across Conewago Creek, by Londonderry Township in Dauphin County. To the southwest, across the Susquehanna River, is the borough of York Haven in York County. Falmouth is 2 miles (3 km) south of the closed Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station.

Pennsylvania Route 441 (River Road) passes through Falmouth, leading north (up the Susquehanna) 5 miles (8 km) to Middletown and southeast (downriver) 4 miles (6 km) to Bainbridge and 14 miles (23 km) to Columbia. Lancaster, the county seat, is 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Falmouth.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Falmouth CDP has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), of which 0.4 acres (1,599 m2), or 0.06%, is water.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
2020 397
U.S. Decennial Census

See also

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