Lancaster
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city in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- County
- Fairfield
- Total
- 19.03 sq mi (49.29 km )
- Land
- 18.97 sq mi (49.12 km )
- Water
- 0.066 sq mi (0.17 km )
- Elevation
- 840 ft (260 m)
- Density
- 2,138/sq mi (825.5/km )
- Demonym
- Lancastrian
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Area codes
- 740 and 220
- Fips code
- 39-41720
- Website
- https://www.lancasterohio.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Lancaster ( locally /ˈlæŋk(ə)stər/ LANK-(ə-)stər) is a city in Fairfield County, Ohio, and its county seat. The population was 40,552 at the 2020 United States census, making it Ohio's 30th largest city, having surpassed Warren and Findlay due to its own growth while the latter two cities declined. The city is near the Hocking River in the south-central part of the state, about 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Columbus and 38 miles (61 km) southwest of Zanesville. It is part of the Columbus metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lancaster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.