The land of Lancaster was a part of "Pen no Mori Chokujo" (Letter of Imperial Sanction for the Wood of the Pen) written by William Penn in 1681. Lancaster, a planned city built by James Hamilton in 1734, was thrown up in 1742. It was in 1818 that the city system was implemented. The name of Lancaster was named by John Wright after the English city of Lancaster. The city's symbol, red rose, belongs to the Lancaster family. In 1850, Lancaster County Prison was built, imitating Lancaster Castle in Lancaster, England. The oldest church in the city is the Trinity Luther Church, which was built in 1729. The Philadelphia-Lancaster road, built in 1795, is the first long-distance paved road in the United States.

Lancaster was the capital of the United States only for one day on September 27, 1777. The Continental Congress, which had escaped the occupation of Philadelphia by the British forces, held a meeting at Lancaster and soon moved to York, far away. From 1799 to 1812 he was the capital of the state of Pennsylvania. The capital was later moved to Harrisburg, near the center of the state.

Before the famous Lewis and Clark's investigations began, Meriwether Lewis visited Lancaster and prepared for the Pacific Survey by training the astronomer Andrew Elliott to measure latitude and longitude.

In 1821, the custom of decorating Christmas trees started by Germans who had immigrated to Lancaster.

On June 28, 1863, the local militia set fire to the Columbia-Ritsville Bridge to stop the Southern Army from advancing and stopped the entry into Lancaster City. This tactics not only forced the Southern Army of Robert E. Lee to retreat but also indirectly led to the Battle of Gettysburg, which changed the course of the Civil War. Columbia-Leitsville Bridge was a bridge between Lancaster and York.

The Fulton Opera House was completed in 1852. This is the oldest theater in the United States that has been performing even now. In 1920, the owner of the theater was arrested with a satirical play with immoral content, and after that, the theater was run as a second-class movie theater rather than a theater for over half a century. Frank W. Woolworth held the first five-cent store on Queen Street on June 21, 1879. It was an early nickel coin outlet called the "Great Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York State, but it closed three months later. On November 6, 1880, the following year, the shop opened as 'Woolworth 5 and 10.' The first shop of Lancaster was replaced by a high rise building and also a garden with a roof. The last Woolworth store was closed in 1998, and its management company survived as a foot locker (a sporting goods store). In 1886, Milton S. Hercy founded the Lancaster Caramel Company. In 1905, Hershey sold the company in Mount Joy to the American Caramel Company for a million dollars and built a Hershey chocolate factory in Hershey's hometown, Delhi Church.

Lancaster was awarded the All-America City Prize in 2000.

Lancaster was North latitude 40 degrees 2 minutes 23 seconds, West longitude 76 degrees 18 minutes 16 seconds, North latitude 40.03972 degrees North longitude 76.30444 degrees West / 40.03972; -76.30444 (40.039860, -76.304366). The altitude is 368 feet (112 meters).

Lancaster is located 34 miles (54 km) southeast of Harrisburg, 70 miles (112 km) west of Philadelphia, 55 miles (88 km) north-northeast of Baltimore, and 87 miles (139 km) north of Washington D.C.

The nearby towns and bolos include Milsville, Willow Street, East Petersburg, Ritz, Landisville, Mountville, Rotsville, and Leola.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Statistics, the total area is 19.2km2 (7.4 square miles) and the water area is 0.14%.

building

There are many buildings in the city.

• German, or colonial, house of Howard Avenue 125 from 1710 to 1770
• Georgian, 1730-1790, Rockford Plantation
• Federal, 1790-1835, Jacob Eichholtz House
• Restored Key, 1840 - 1860, John Black Mansion
• Italian style, 1850-1895, Reuben Bert Mansion
• Second Imperial style, 1860 - 1895, John I. Hartman Mansion
• Queen Anne style, 1876-1910, William Tham China Mansion
• Romanesque Reviving, 1860-1900, the central market in Pen Square
• Bo Art style, 1880-1930, Hager Building
• Colony Revival Tone, 1880-1955, 43 houses on North Shippe Street
• Earl Deco, 1925-1945, McNinh Building

Lancaster City has a higher non-white rate than its county. There are many Puerto Rican and other Latino peoples. According to 2000 statistics, 24.34% of the people were descended from the Puerto Rican family. This is the highest price in Pennsylvania. Lancaster City holds the Puerto Rican Festival every year to celebrate the cultural heritage of Hispanics. In the eastern part of the city, there is a large population of Armish farmers, and there is a buggy pulled by horses. The town of Amish's shape still remains, because the concentration of Amish is higher in the United States.

According to the 2000 population statistics, the population is 56,348, 20,933 families, and 12,162 families. The population density is 2,940.0 people/^km 2 (7,616.6 people/square miles). The number of houses is 23,024, and the density of houses is 1,201.3 per km ² (3,112.1 per square mile). The population is composed of 61.55% white people, 14.09% black people, 0.44% native American people, 2.46% Asian people, 0.08% Pacific people, 17.44% other people and 3.94% mixed blood of two or more kinds of people. Hispanics and Latinos are 30.76%.

There are 20,933 households, of which 31.6% live with children under the age of 18. 33.4% are married, 19.0% are married, and 41.9% are non-family. Only 33.1% of their homes and 9.9% are elderly solders aged 65 or over. There are 2.52 people per household and 3.23 people per family.

The breakdown by age is as follows: 27.5% under 18 years of age, 13.9% between 18 and 24 years of age, 30.5% between 25 and 44 years of age, 17.7% between 45 and 64 years of age, and 10.5% between 65 and over. The median age is 30 years old. 95.2 men for 100 women and 91.4 men for 100 women aged 18 or older.

The median income per household is $29,770, or $34,623 per family. Men are $27,833 and women are $21,862. The per capita income is $13,955. 17.9% of families and 21.2% of people are below the poverty line, including 29.2% of those under 18 years of age and 12.9% of those over 65 years of age.

Lancaster City is suffering from high unemployment, especially in the Southeast. In 1999, the jobless rate in this area was 3.5% to 10.9% based on the survey units, while the Department was only 4.9%. The Lancaster County Labor Force Research Office considers the persistent unemployment problem, "People are working, but they only survive on the poverty side." However, the employment rate increased by 34,900 people outside the city from 1999 to 2002 and the employment rate increased by 18%.

With the number of specialty shops, boutiques, bars and clubs rising rapidly, Lancaster City has recently tried to reinvest its urban public facilities and locations in order to create more comfortable towns.

Since 1999, the Lancaster County Conference Board, Pensquare Chamber of Commerce and City's Redevelopment Committee has been drawing up a plan to rebuild the 300-room Marriott Hotel and 220,000 square feet (20,000 square meters) tax-covered exhibits, leaving only the facade in the area where the former Wat & Shand department store was located. Supporters of the plan believe the city center will be activated. However, the opponents feel there is a serious risk for tax payers. The project also involves the destruction of historic sites such as the house of Tadeus Stevens.

There is also a plan to convert the contaminated plant site used by Armstrong World Industries into the Franklin and Marshall College playground. The move could take up most of the former plant area. The northeast corner is developed with funds from Lancaster General Hospital. The hospital's plan is a multi-purpose development that adds several to the Lancaster's fifth-level block. John Frey, the president of Franklin & Marshall College, has proposed the construction of student dormitories and apartments along the Harrisburg Road.

Amtrak's Lancaster station is in McGaban Avenue 53.

The trains that stop at Lancaster Station of Amtrak are as follows:

The long-distance daytime train between Pittsburgh and New York, the Pennsylvania...one round trip a day

During the day between Harrisburg and New York, the Keston Service...13 round stops a day

Among other things, the Keston Service Board operates trains at high speed and high frequency in the section from Philadelphia to Harrisburg via Lancaster.

In and around Lancaster City, Red Rose Transit Authority (RRTA) runs a bus transportation business. The headquarters of RRTA is outside Lancaster City.

The Capitol Trail Way connects Lancaster and King of Prussia, Philadelphia and New York.

Lancaster Airport is located just south of Ritz in the north of the city center.

• A. Raphael Beck: Painter and mural painter
• John Henry Augustus Bomberger: Founder and first president of Urdinus College
• Andy Baldwin: Lieutenant, Doctor, TV personality
• James Buchanan: 15th President of the United States
• Charles Demus: Artist
• Tristan Egolf: Author
• Andrew Ericot: He completed the assignment of the surveyor, Washington D.C., examined the boundaries of the Northwest Territories, and taught Meriwether Lewis surveying techniques before the investigation of Lewis and Clark began.
• Robert Fulton: Statesman, painter, Carson Steamship Developer
• Jean Garber: Pro Basketball players
• Major General Edward Hand: Early Patriots
• Tom Harr: Former Major League Baseball player, Lancaster Bernstormers, former manager, Hegerstown Sands
• Milton Hercy: The founder of Hershey Company
• Robert Lutz: A former tennis player
• Helen Raymensnyda Martin: Novelist
• Thomas Mifflin: Statesman, Signer of the United States Constitution
• John Parish: Baltimore Orioles, Professional Baseball
• Major General John F. Reynolds
• Brad Lutter: TV Quiz Show Champion
• Kevin Shafter: Pro Football Player Cleveland Browns
• Thaddeus Stevens: Anti-slavery Republican, Radical Republican
• Lieutenant General Daniel B. Strikler: Veteran of World War II and Korean War, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
• Blues Star: Former Pro Baseball Pitcher Entered Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006
• Junior Vázquez: DJ, producer of New York City
• Marianne Wiggins: Author, also the ex-wife of Salman Rushdi
• Chris Wilson: Pro Football Player, Kansas City Chiefs
• Frank W. Woolworth: business man, "Woolworth 5 & 10"

• Hamilton Watch Company
• Wat & Shand Building (only facade remains)
• W.W. Grease Building
• Wheatland
• Fulton Opera
• J.P. Mackasky High School

Baseball

Lancaster Burnstormers, a member of the Atlantic League of the American Independent League, exist in Lancaster City. It was revived after 44 years of burying the holes of the former Lancaster Red Roses. The name of the Lancaster Baan Sutomers comes from touring baseball players and many local farmers who played box games in the area. The Baan Sutomers took over the Red Roses tradition and the team colors are Navy Blue, Red and Khaki. In 2007, the season was the first, and the battle against the York Revolution in the neighboring York City, which was a former rival team, was revived.

It is also the home of former professional baseball player Tom Ha. Her players were St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets and San Francisco Giants. After retiring as a major player, he coach the Black Knights baseball team at Hempfield High School for several years. Hell also coached his son, Aaron Hell. In 2004, Hell became a coach of the Lancaster Bernstormers, and although he had a bad record, he won the title for the first time in 2006. Soon after, Harr became interested in Washington National, and was named the 1A-level manager of Hegerstown Sands.

Lancaster Bernstormers hired another former major leaguer, Rick Wise, as a pitcher coach. Wise became the winning pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in the sixth game of the 1975 World Series. He also played at Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals.

In 2009, Bon Hayes, a teammate during the Phillies era of Harr, became the manager and Harr returned to the coach position. Her eldest son is also a player.

In 2010, Toshihisa NISHI (the former Yomiuri Giants and Yokohama BayStars) was registered.

Other sports

• Lancaster Red Roses: Former basketball team
• Lancaster Lightning: Same as above
• Lancaster Storm: The same as above
• Lodges Rugby Football Club: Semi-professional Rugby Team
• Lancaster Lightning: Semipro football team
• Central Pen Panthers: Ice hockey teams

Lancaster Classic

Since 1992, Lancaster City holds the Tom Bamford Lancaster Classic, a professional bicycle race, every June. It is also part of the American Tour.

• The first battery-powered watch was released in 1957 by Hamilton Watch Company.
• Popular Easter Mashmaro's chickpeas covered with yellow sugar was developed by Roda Candy Company in the 1920s.

• Consolidated School of Business
• Franklin and Marshall University
• Lancaster General Hospital - Lancaster School of Health Education
• Lancaster Theological Seminary
• Lancaster Bible College
• Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
• Tadeus Stevens College of Technology

• Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, Morning Paper
• Lancaster New Era, Evening Paper
• Lancaster Voice
• La Voz Hispana, Spanish
• The Sunday News, Weekly Newspaper
• WGAL, NBC series TV station
• WLYH-TV|WLYH, CW TV station
• WHP-TV|WHP, CBS TV station
• WHTM-TV|WHTM, ABC series
• WITF-TV|WITF, PBS TV station
• WPMT, FOX series
• WLAN-FM, radio station
• WLAN-AM, radio station
• WFNM-FM, FM radio station

• The Betel African Methodist Episcopal Church (a station on the Tube Line (a secret association))
• central market in Piazza
• Chameleon Club
• Demus Museum
• Fulton Opera
• Lancaster Museum of Culture and History
• Lancaster Museum
• Leonard & Mildred Rothman Gallery
• Luis Arnold Tanger Botanical Garden
• Museum of Nature, History and Science
• Park City Center
• Wheatland: The 15th President of the United States of America's Farm

• Armstrong World Industries
• Anti-Anne's
• Harley Industries
• Isaac Restaurant & Delhi (Isaac's Restaurant & Deli)
• Kellogg's
• Kunzler & Company, Inc. )
• Lancaster Brewing Company
• Lancaster Laboratory Trees
• MapQuest
• Professor hacker lost. Treasure Miniature Golf
• R.R. Donnelly & Sons Company R. Donnelley & Sons Company )
• Tizzlers ( Y&S Countries )

• "Battle over city project moves to courtroom" by Dave Pidgeon, Intelligencer Journal, July 13, 2006, retrieved July 14, 2006
• Amtrak's Web page

• City of Lancaster,Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Lancaster Barnstormers