Witmer, Pennsylvania
census-designated place
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Coordinates: 40°02′53″N 76°12′41″W / 40.04806°N 76.21139°W / 40.04806; -76.21139
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lancaster
Township	East Lampeter
Area [1]
• Total	1.24 sq mi (3.22 km2)
• Land	1.24 sq mi (3.22 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation	400 ft (100 m)
Population  (2010)[2]
• Total	492
• Density	396/sq mi (152.8/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	17585
Area code	717
FIPS code	42-85968
GNIS feature ID	1191637[3]

Witmer is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 492.^[2]

Geography

Witmer is in central Lancaster County, in the eastern part of East Lampeter Township. It is bordered to the south by Smoketown and to the northeast by Upper Leacock Township. It is 0.6 miles (1.0 km) north of Pennsylvania Route 340 and 6 miles (10 km) east of Lancaster, the county seat.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Witmer CDP has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.2 km²), of which 0.9 acres (3,811 m²), or 0.12%, are water.^[1] The community drains west to Stauffer Run and east to Mill Creek, both tributaries of the Conestoga River, flowing southwest to the Susquehanna.