West Manheim Township, Pennsylvania
township in York County, Pennsylvania
West Manheim Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States, just north of the Mason-Dixon Line. The population was 9,069 at the 2020 census. The community is a suburb of Baltimore and part of its Designated Market Area.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 20.1 square miles (52 km2), of which 19.5 square miles (51 km2) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), or 3.23%, is water. The township occupies the southwestern corner of York County, with Union Township in Adams County to the west and Carroll County, Maryland, to the south. It is bordered on the east by Manheim Township and on the north by Penn Township. The southwestern corner of Codorus State Park is located in the township.
As for roadways, the township has roughly 70 miles of municipal roads, according to their website. Pennsylvania State Highway 94 runs through the township and becomes Maryland State Highway 30 at the border.
Education
West Manheim Township is part of the South Western School District, and public school students attend their schools.
The public source identifies “West Manheim Township, Pennsylvania” as township in York County, Pennsylvania. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around West, Manheim and Township.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7985848. VIAF identifies the subject as 152629491. The Library of Congress control number is n99035033. Authority coordinates are 39.747, -76.953. 1 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020.
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