Paradise, Pennsylvania
| Paradise, Pennsylvania | |
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| Census-designated place | |
Souvenir shop in Paradise on U.S. Route 30
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 Location in Lancaster County |
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| Coordinates: 40°0′35″N 76°7′43″W / 40.00972°N 76.12861°WCoordinates: 40°0′35″N 76°7′43″W / 40.00972°N 76.12861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Lancaster |
| Township | Paradise |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.2 sq mi (3 km2) |
| • Land | 1.1 sq mi (3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 364 ft (111 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,129 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 17562 |
| Area code(s) | 717 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1183274 |
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Paradise is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States with a zip code of 17562. The population was 1,129 at the 2010 census.
Paradise, like Intercourse, is a popular site in Pennsylvania Dutch Country for tourists who like the name of the town; they are together often named in lists of "delightfully named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Blue Ball, Lititz, Bareville, Fertility, Bird-in-Hand, and Mount Joy. It was the setting of the 1994 comedy film Trapped in Paradise.
Paradise is located at 40°0′34″N 76°7′29″W / 40.00944°N 76.12472°W (40.009469, -76.124781).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2), of which, 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (2.59%) is water.
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