New Holland

New Holland was settled in 1728 by brothers John Michael and John Phillip Ranc (Ranck) Before it became known as New Holland, it had been called "Hog Swamp", "Earltown" and "New Design" As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,762, up from 5,378 in the 2010 census. The borough lies on a low ridge, with the north side draining via Groff Creek and other small streams to the Conestoga River and the south side draining to Mill Creek, which flows southwest to the Susquehanna River. New Holland has been the twin city of Longvic, France since 1967 because there was a Case New Holland plant in the French commune. Since its inception in 1927, the New Holland Farmers Fair has been held in 1927. The fair was not held from 1941 to 1945 due to World War II, and was not to be held in 2020 due to the COVID-1919 pandemic pandemic. The area is served by the Eastern Lancaster Library (ELANCO Library) and the Library System of Lancaster County. The New Holland Secondary rail line, which splits off the Amtrak Keystone Line just east of Lancaster, serves a number of businesses, notably RR Donnelley and Sons Printing in Lancaster, as well as one of the Dart Container factories, and L&S Sweeteners, both in Leola. The Eastern Lancaster County School District has its district headquarters in New Holland. This site houses Garden Spot High School and Garden Spot Middle School. Elementary schools within the district include New Holland, Blue Ballnock and Brecknock.

History

New Holland was settled in 1728 by brothers John Michael and John Phillip Ranc (Ranck) New Holland has been the twin city of Longvic, France since 1967 because there was a Case New Holland plant in the French commune. New Holland Agriculture is listed alongside John Casper Stoever Log House on the National Register of Historic Places. The New Holland Machine Company was founded here in 1895 by Abe Zimmerman. The city was once called "Hog Swamp", "Earltown" and "New Design" before it became known as New Holland. It is located on the Ohio River, which was once known as the Ohio Turnpike. It has a population of about 2,000, and is located in the Ohio Valley region of the U.S. state of Ohio. The Ohio River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, and runs through the town of New Holland, which is in the eastern part of the state. The town is home to the Ohio State University, which has a campus in New Holland and the Ohio University of Science and Technology, which opened in 1875. The University of Ohio has a chapter of the American College of Agricultural Sciences, which began in 1876. It was the first college in the state to admit women, and the first to admit men in 1881. The university also opened a women's college in 1883. The state's first high school opened in 1888, and it is the only one of its kind in the United States.

Geography

New Holland is located in eastern Lancaster County at 40°68N 76°516W (40.102095, -76.087646) According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km²) Pennsylvania Route 23 passes through the borough as Main Street. The borough lies on a low ridge, with the north side draining via Groff Creek and other small streams to the Conestoga River. The south side draining to Mill Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the Constoga, which flows southwest to the Susquehanna River. New Holland is a part of the Philadelphia-Lancaster Metropolitan Statistical Area, which covers the eastern half of Lancaster County. The U.S. Census Bureau recorded New Holland as having a population of 1,816 in the 2010 Census. The population of New Holland was 1,788 at the time of the 2010 census, up from 1,638 in the 2000 Census. It is located at 40.68N, 76.516W, and has a land area of  1.9sq miles (4.9km²), all of it recorded as land. It lies on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which runs east to west from New Holland to Morgantown, and west to Lancaster, the county seat. The town of Lancaster is located 14 miles (23 km) to the east, and 11 miles (18 km) west of the borough.

Rail

New Holland is a terminus of the New Holland Secondary rail line, which splits off the Amtrak Keystone Line just east of Lancaster. The line is owned by Norfolk Southern Railway and serves a number of businesses along the way, notably RR Donnelley and Sons Printing in Lancaster, as well as one of the Dart Container factories, and L&S Sweeteners, both in Leola. New Holland is located on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which runs from Pennsylvania to New Jersey. The turnpike was built in 1881 and was the first railway line in the United States. It was completed in 1883 and is now part of the Norfolk Southern mainline. It is the only line of its kind in the U.S. and runs through the town of New Holland, Pennsylvania. It also serves the towns of Lancaster and Leola, and the city of Leola in western Pennsylvania. The train station is located at the end of the line and is known as New Holland Station, but it is also known as the "New Holland Station" or "The New Holland Train Station" because of its location in the town's historic center. The station was opened in 1879 and is the first station on the New York to New Holland line. It opened alongside the Keystone Line, which ran from New Jersey to New York City. The New Holland station is the last stop on the Keystone line before it was re-routed to Pennsylvania and renamed New Holland. The Amtrak Keystone line runs from New Holland to Philadelphia and New York.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 5,092 people, 2,084 households, and 1,448 families residing in the borough. The racial makeup of the borough was 90.34% White, 1.02% African American, 0.08% Native American, 025% Asian, 2.57% from other races, and 2.67% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.42% of the population. The age demographics in the Borough are diverse, with 22.4% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 16. 1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 95.3 males. ForEvery 100 females age 18 and over there were 94.1 males. The average household income was $44,446, and the median income for a family was $50,758. The per capita income for the Borough was $20,187. About 3.4%. of families and 5.2% of people were below the poverty line, including 7.5% of those under 18 and 1.5%. of those age 65 or over. The borough is located on the New Jersey Turnpike, which runs from New Jersey to New Jersey. It is the only borough in New Jersey that does not have a post office.

Public services

The Eastern Lancaster County School District has its district headquarters in New Holland. Garden Spot High School and Garden Spot Middle School are located there. Elementary schools within the district include New Holland, Blue Ball and Brecknock. The area is served by the Eastern Lancaster Co. Library (ELANCO Library), formerly known as New Holland Library. The ELANCO library is a member of the Library System of Lancaster County. It is located on Chestnut Street in the New Holland section of the district. The library is part of the Lancaster County Public Library System, which is based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1903 and is located in the town of Lancaster. It has a collection of more than 10,000 books. It also has a branch of the Pennsylvania State Library, which was established in 1903. The public library system was established by the State of Pennsylvania in 1903, and later became the Lancaster Library System. The Library System was established to provide public access to a wide range of public services, including public library services and the state's public school system. The district also has its own library system, the Lancaster Public Library, based in the city of Lancaster and serving the area of New Holland and Blue Ball. It opened in the 1950s and is now the largest library system in the state, with more than 1,000,000 circulation cards. The school district has two high schools and two middle schools. The elementary schools are in the district, including Blue Ball, Blue ball, and Brecksnock, as well as the elementary schools in Newolland and Newoll.

Culture

The New Holland Farmers Fair is an annual festival held in New Holland, Holland. Since its inception in 1927, the fair has been held 88 times. The fair was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is held on the same day as the New Holland Festival, which is held every year on the last Sunday in September. The festival is free and open to the public. It was first held in 1927 and has since grown to be one of the largest fairs in the world. It has also been held in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and France. It began in 1927; it was last held in 1945 due to World War II, which was held from 1941 to 1945. There have been 88 fairs since its inception, with the most recent being held in 2010. There has been a fair in every year since 1927, except for 1945, when it was cancelled due to WWII. There is also a fair held in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, but it has not been held since 2008. There was a fair scheduled for 2015, but was cancelled. There will be one in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, but no fair in 2020. There are plans for a fair to be held in 2018, 2019, and 2020, but the date has yet to be announced. There were no fairs held in 2014, and there will be none in 2019. There's a fair planned for 2016, and a fair for 2016.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania = 14.8. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 20. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 20. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in New Holland = 3.8 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 5,762 individuals with a median age of 41.5 age the population grows by 1.22% in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 2,955.74 residents per square mile of area (1,141.16/km²). There are average 2.41 people per household in the 2,134 households with an average household income of $50,231 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 7.60% of the available work force and has dropped -4.99% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 22.42%. The number of physicians in New Holland per 100,000 population = 179.2.

Weather

The annual rainfall in New Holland = 45.5 inches and the annual snowfall = 34.5 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 129. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 200. 85 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 23.3 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 48, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania which are owned by the occupant = 63.94%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 45 years with median home cost = $176,420 and home appreciation of -1.05%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $14.64 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $5,156 per student. There are 16.7 students for each teacher in the school, 697 students for each Librarian and 436 students for each Counselor. 3.46% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 13.65% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 5.26% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).