Editing Rothsville, Pennsylvania

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'''Rothsville''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Warwick Township]], [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 3,044 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010"/> [[Lititz, Pennsylvania|Lititz]] is the town for residents' mailing addresses.

== History ==
Rothsville was founded in 1790 by Philip Roth, an early settler and tavern keeper.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMGQY4_Rothsville_Lititz_PA |title=Rothsville - Lititz, PA - Signs of History |website=www.waymarking.com |access-date=January 12, 2019}}</ref>

==Geography==
Rothsville is located in northern Lancaster County, in the eastern part of Warwick Township. [[Pennsylvania Route 772]] is the community's Main Street; the highway leads west {{convert|3|mi|0}} to Lititz and southeast {{convert|2.5|mi}} to [[U.S. Route 222]] in [[Brownstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Brownstown]]. [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]], the [[county seat]], is {{convert|10|mi|0}} south-southwest of Rothsville, and [[Ephrata, Pennsylvania|Ephrata]] is {{convert|4.5|mi}} to the northeast.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|6.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.04|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.67%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019"/> [[Cocalico Creek]] and its tributary [[Hammer Creek]] form the northeastern boundary of Rothsville (as well as the border with [[Ephrata Township, Pennsylvania|Ephrata Township]]), and [[Lititz Run]] forms the southwestern boundary.<ref name=GNIS>{{cite web |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1192790,Lititz%20Run|title=GNIS entry for Lititz Run (Feature ID # 1192790)|author=Geographic Names Information System|author-link=Geographic Names Information System|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> Cocalico Creek and Lititz Run are tributaries of the [[Conestoga River]], which flows southwest to the [[Susquehanna River|Susquehanna]].

==Transportation==
[[Pennsylvania Route 772]], in part the old [[Penn Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Mount Hope]]-[[Newport, Delaware|Newport]] Road, runs through the town.

The [[Reading Company|Reading Railroad]] operated passenger service from its station outside the town on Rothsville Station Road until 1952. The Warwick to Ephrata [[Rail Trail]] now runs on the route of the old railroad through the north side of Rothsville between active sections of the line in Lititz and Ephrata.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Reading and Columbia RR |url=http://davecathell.tripod.com/col.html |website=Columbia Pennsylvania |publisher=Columbia Historical Society |access-date=8 May 2020}}</ref>

==Demographics==
At the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]] there were 3,017 people, 1,038 households, and 852 families living in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|1,221.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,060 housing units at an average density of {{convert|429.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the CDP was 95.86% White, 0.33% African American, 1.29% Asian, 0.70% from other races, and 1.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.92%.<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>

There were 1,038 households, 46.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.6% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.9% were non-families. 13.9% of households were made up of individuals, and 3.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.21.

The age distribution was 32.2% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 6.0% 65 or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males.

The median household income was $52,694 and the median family income  was $54,000. Males had a median income of $38,953 versus $25,000 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $18,535. About 5.2% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.0% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.

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{{Lancaster County, Pennsylvania}}

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