Washington Boro Map
Washington Boro is an unincorporated community in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Susquehanna River. The zip code here is 17582. It is served by the Penn Manor School District and is the terminus of both Pennsylvania Route 441 and Pennsylvania Route 999.
Also called the Borough of Washington or Washingtonboro in the past, this small Lancaster County, Pennsylvania community was settled in 1810 and incorporated in 1827 and was center of river trade and a river jobs, as it is located near the site of the first colonial era animal powered ferry across the lower Susquehanna River — Wright's Ferry between Wrightsville, PA and Columbia, PA on the west bank in York County, Pennsylvania. Due to the decline of river trade and jobs, the Borough of Washington was dissolved politically effective December 31, 1973, becoming part of Manor Township.
East Prospect is located at 39°59?33?N 76°28?03?W / 39.9925°N 76.4675°W / 39.9925; -76.4675 and is situated on the East Bank of the Susquehanna River opposite Washington Boro. The center of the colonial named Conejohela Valley and commercially Lake Clarke, Pennsylvania region are centered mid-river between the towns.
Nearby cities include Willow Street, Yoe, Felton, Dallastown, Lampeter.