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Lancaster, Virginia

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Lancaster is located in Lancaster County and is the county seat.

Lancaster is near sea level<1>.

Time Zone: Lancaster lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Lancaster can be found in:

 ArizonaNew Hampshire
 Arkansas (historic<2>)New York
 CaliforniaNewfoundland and Labrador
 FloridaNorth Carolina
 Georgia (historic)Ohio
 IllinoisOntario
 IndianaOregon
 KansasPennsylvania
 KentuckySouth Carolina
 MarylandTennessee
 MassachusettsTexas
 MinnesotaWashington
 MissouriWisconsin
 New Brunswick 

While we we don't have population counts for Lancaster, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Lancaster).

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008<4>
Population		Change
Since 2000
 Gloucester Courthouse   S25 mi [40.23 km]---
 Harmony Village   S13 mi [20.92 km]---
 Irvington   S7 mi [11.27 km]6424.61% decrease
 Kilmarnock   SE5 mi [8.05 km]1,2954.1% increase
 Tallent Town   NW23 mi [37.01 km]---
 Tappahannock   NW24 mi [38.62 km]2,1956.14% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Lancaster.


The Commemorative Quarter for Virginia
The Commemorative
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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Lancaster. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Lancaster:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Lancaster? Please visit the Map Page for Lancaster.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lancaster - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lancaster, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Lancaster and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Lancaster.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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