Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lancaster is a city located in South Central Pennsylvania which serves as the seat of Pennsylvania's Lancaster County and one of the oldest inland towns in the United States.

Lancaster was part of the 1681 Penn's Woods Charter of William Penn, and was laid out by James Hamilton in 1734. It was incorporated as a borough in 1742 and incorporated as a city in 1818. During the American Revolution, it was briefly the capital of the colonies on September 27, 1777, when the Continental Congress fled Philadelphia, which had been captured by the British.

From 1799 to 1812, Lancaster was the capital of Pennsylvania.

Note: This is the city of Lancaster. There is also a Lancaster Township in this same county.

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See also:

• Category: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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