Elm Pennsylvania Map

About Elm, Pennsylvania

Elm is a locality in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Elm is located at 40.2040°N, 76.3488°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16920.

Elm rests in a gentle embrace of rolling countryside, its landscape a quilt of verdant fields stitched with hedgerows, where the air carries the faint, sweet perfume of ripening crops on a summer's eve. It lies 10.0 miles south-south-east of Lebanon, PA (from Lebanon, PA: bearing 161°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north of East Hempfield. The terrain here slopes with a quiet grace, the land yielding to the patient cultivation of generations, and the sky above seems to hold a particular clarity, especially in the liminal hours when the sun dips low, painting the western horizon in hues of rose and gold that linger long after the light has fled the fields. Small streams, like silver threads, meander through the valleys, feeding the rich soil that defines Elm's character, a character shaped by the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons and the sturdy resilience of its agricultural heart. The history of Elm is tied to the fertile earth, a legacy of farming that has sustained its people for centuries, and the local economy continues to draw strength from this deep-rooted connection. While the larger agricultural operations now dominate, the echoes of smaller homesteads and the ingenuity of those who first tilled this land can still be felt, a whisper in the wind that rustles through the corn stalks. The distinctive feature of Elm is not a grand monument but the enduring spirit of its inhabitants, a pragmatic and grounded folk whose lives are measured by the cycles of planting and harvest, and who have, through quiet perseverance, maintained a way of life that feels both timeless and deeply rooted in the Pennsylvania soil.

About This Elm Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Elm, Pennsylvania with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Elm and Lancaster County.

Detailed location data for Elm includes the ZIP code (17543), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Lancaster County (Lancaster), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Elm is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.