Palmdale, Pennsylvania

Census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States

Palmdale, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
Location in Dauphin County and state of Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Dauphin
Township	Derry
Area ^[1]
• Total	1.49 sq mi (3.85 km²)
• Land	1.49 sq mi (3.84 km²)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Elevation	433 ft (132 m)
Population (2020)^[2]
• Total	1,308
• Density	880.81/sq mi (340.19/km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	17033
FIPS code	42-57648
GNIS feature ID	1193079

Palmdale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,308.^[3] Palmdale is in the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area.

Palmdale is in eastern Derry Township and is bordered to the north, west, and south by the community of Hershey. The eastern border of Palmdale is with the borough of Palmyra in Lebanon County.

U.S. Route 422 (E. Chocolate Avenue) is the main road through Palmdale. To the east it leads 12 miles (19 km) to Lebanon and 40 miles (64 km) to Reading, while to the west it leads via US 322 17 miles (27 km) to Harrisburg.

40°17′53″N 76°37′08″W / 40.298°N 76.619°W / 40.298; -76.619

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	1,308		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Palmdale CDP, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.