Editing Reamstown, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]]
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|subdivision_name3 = [[East Cocalico Township, Pennsylvania|East Cocalico]]
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|postal_code       = 17567
|area_code         = [[Area code 717|717]]
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[[File:7703 - Reamstown - StateSt at ChurchSt.JPG|thumb|right|North Reamstown Road at Church Street]]
'''Reamstown''' ([[Pennsylvania Dutch language|Pennsylvania Dutch]]: ''Riemeschteddel'') is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 3,361 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Geography==
Reamstown is located in northeastern Lancaster County at {{coord|40|12|43|N|76|7|3|W|type:city}} (40.212046, -76.117587),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> in the southern part of [[East Cocalico Township, Pennsylvania|East Cocalico Township]]. It is bordered to the northwest by the borough of [[Denver, Pennsylvania|Denver]].

[[Pennsylvania Route 272]] passes through the community north of the downtown section. PA 272 leads northeast {{convert|4|mi|0}} to [[Adamstown, Pennsylvania|Adamstown]] and southwest the same distance to [[Ephrata, Pennsylvania|Ephrata]]. [[U.S. Route 222 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 222]], a four-lane expressway, passes through the south side of the Reamstown CDP, but the closest access is {{convert|2|mi|0}} to the northeast, from Colonel Howard Boulevard, which also provides access to the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]]. [[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]] is {{convert|15|mi}} northeast of Reamstown, [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]] is {{convert|17|mi}} to the southwest, and [[Philadelphia]] is {{convert|62|mi}} to the southeast.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|5.9|km2|order=flip}}, of {{convert|0.04|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.63%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019"/> [[Cocalico Creek]] runs along the northwestern edge of the CDP, flowing southwest to the [[Conestoga River]], which continues southwest to the [[Susquehanna River|Susquehanna]].

== History ==
The town was named after Eberhard Ream (Johann Eberhardt Riehm 1687–1779), whose son, Tobias Ream, founded it in the 1740s. It was originally known as "Zohar."<ref>{{cite web |title=Pioneer Settler / Founder of Reamstown |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=39274 |website=THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE |access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref>

During the [[American Revolution]], Reamstown served as one of a number of field hospitals for the wounded following the [[Battle of Brandywine]] on September 11, 1777. A dozen or more of these troops died here and are buried in unmarked graves in the Salem Evangelical Cemetery. The cemetery is also home to a large boulder that once served as a [[mortar and pestle]] by the native people who lived on nearby Ephrata Mountain to the south. It was transported to Reamstown by Pierce Lesher, and today a plaque on the stone details both the Native American and military history.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 3367
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 3,498 people, 1,161 households, and 897 families living in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|1,542.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,194 housing units at an average density of {{convert|526.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.23% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.31% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.26% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.23% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.80% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.14% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.92% of the population.

There were 1,161 households, out of which 41.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.7% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.25.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 28.6% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $53,423, and the median income for a family was $58,625. Males had a median income of $40,516 versus $25,625 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $21,143. About 3.3% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.1% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.

== Notable person ==
* [[George S. Howard]], founding commander and conductor of the [[United States Air Force]] band in 1947

==References==
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Pennsylvania]]