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Leola, Pennsylvania

Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US

Field	Value
name	Leola, Pennsylvania
settlement_type	Census-designated place
image_skyline	PA 23-PA 772 sb approaching split, Jan. 2025.jpg
image_caption	PA 23/PA 772 (Main Street) in Leola
pushpin_map	Pennsylvania#USA
pushpin_label	Leola
pushpin_label_position	top
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Pennsylvania
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Lancaster
subdivision_type3	Townships
subdivision_name3	Upper Leacock, West Earl
unit_pref	Imperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	15.58
area_land_km2	15.56
area_water_km2	0.02
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	7465
population_density_km2	479.76
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_ft	430
coordinates
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	17540
area_code	717
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	42-42776
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	2390047
area_total_sq_mi	6.02
area_land_sq_mi	6.01
area_water_sq_mi	0.01
population_density_sq_mi	1242.51

Leola is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It includes the unincorporated communities of Leola, Leacock, and Bareville, and prior to 2010 was known as the Leacock-Leola-Bareville census-designated place. Originally named "Mechanicsburg", its present name is a portmanteau of "Leacock" and the "Glenola" train station that once served the town. As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 7,214.

Demographics

Geography and climate

Leola is in central Lancaster County, primarily in Upper Leacock Township, and extending east into the southern corner of West Earl Township. The community of Leacock is in the western part of the CDP, Leola is in the center, and Bareville is in the east. The small community of Groffdale is in the easternmost part of the CDP. New Holland Pike (Pennsylvania Route 23) runs the length of the community, leading west 8 mi to the city of Lancaster, the county seat, and east 5 mi to the borough of New Holland.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Leola CDP has a total area of 15.6 sqkm, of which 0.02 sqkm, or 0.14%, are water. The communities lie atop a low east-west trending ridge, draining north via tributaries of Groff Creek to the Conestoga River and draining south to Mill Creek, a westward-flowing tributary of the Conestoga, which leads to the Susquehanna.

Leola has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa), and average monthly temperatures range from 30.3 F in January to 74.8 F in July. The local hardiness zone is 6b.

References

"ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau.
"Census Population API". United States Census Bureau.
{{cite gnis. 2390047. Leola Census Designated Place
"Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Leola CDP, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau.
"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
"2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: Pennsylvania". United States Census Bureau.
"PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University".

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