Bird-in-hand
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 Keystone marker |
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| Location in Pennsylvania | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Pennsylvania | ||
| County : | Lancaster County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 2 ′ N , 76 ° 11 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 402 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 249.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 1.61 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Postal code : | 17507 | ||
| Area code : | +1 717 | ||
| FIPS : | 42-06496 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1169655 | ||
| Website : | www.bird-in-hand.com | ||
 Bird in Hand Hotel, listed on the National Register of Historic Places |
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Bird-in-Hand is a settlement area defined for statistical purposes, a census-designated place (CDP) with 402 residents in Lancaster County in the US state of Pennsylvania .
geography
Bird-in-Hand is ten kilometers east of Lancaster and around 90 kilometers northwest of the city of Philadelphia . The US Highway 30 affected Bird-in-Hand in the south.
history
First inhabitants of the area were Indians of the Shawnee - and Susquehannock strains that soon after the arrival of the first settlers (primarily Quakers and Mennonites ) that the use of fur, cutting down trees and growing local foods and the use of herbs for taught medical purposes. According to legend, the name of the place originated at the time when the Old Philadelphia Pike was laid between Lancaster and Philadelphia. Legend has it that two road surveyors discussed in 1734 whether to stay at their current location or go to the town of Lancaster to stay overnight. One of them said: " A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush " (literally translated: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, which translates into " Better the sparrow in the hand than the pigeon on the roof ") corresponds) and so they stayed on site. Later, an inn with a stagecoach stop was built there, which bore the name Bird-in-Hand , which was then adopted for the entire settlement. Other settlers, mainly from Germany, moved there. Construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad began in 1834 and Bird-in-Hand, with its coal and wood products, became a major stop on the new line. Later industrial companies settled mainly in the larger cities in the area. As a historically significant building, the hotel, which goes by the name of Bird-in-Hand Village Inn and Suites , was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1922 under the reference number 92000950 .
At the beginning of the 21st century, Bird-in-Hand is a small place whose inhabitants make a living from agriculture and tourism.
Demographic data
In 2010 a population of 402 people was determined. The mean age at this point in time was 30.9 years, well below the value for Pennsylvania, which was 40.6 years. 49.9% of today's residents can be traced back to immigrants from Germany. Other significant immigrant groups during the early days of the town came from England ( 19.4%) , Switzerland ( 13.6%) and Ireland ( 7.0%) .
Individual evidence
Web links
- explorepahistory.com - Americana Museum of Bird-in-Hand
- weavertown.org - Weavertown Amish Mennonite Church