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History
Lancaster, PA, first known as Hickory Town, was settled in 1709 by a group of German immigrants known as the Pennsylvania Dutch. Most of the land was owned at the time by the Hamilton family who laid out the city in what is known as a "town or centre square." Hickory Town was later renamed Lancaster by John Wright after his native city in Lancaster, England.
Lancaster was the largest inland town in America from the 1760s through the early 1800s. It was our nation's capital for just one day on September 27, 1777. The reason for this is because our government had to flee Philadelphia because of the British troops. They stopped in Lancaster on their way to York, PA. Lancaster also served as the capital of Pennsylvania from 1799-1812. Lancaster is known as the Red Rose City.
Location
Lancaster, PA is located in the South Central part of Pennsylvania at 40° 2'23" N and 76° 18'16" W. It is located 34 miles southeast of Harrisburg, 70 miles west of Philadelphia, 55 miles north-northeast of Baltimore, and 87 miles north of Washington, D.C.
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