Christiana

History

Present-day Christiana was once known as Nobleville. The current name honors Christiana Noble, the wife of one of the first settlers. On September 11, 1851, Christiana was the site of the Battle of Christiana (also called the Christiana Riot), in which the local residents defended with firearms a fugitive slave, killing the slaveowner. Southerners demanded the hanging of those responsible, accusing them of treason and waging war against the United States. However, after the first defendant was acquitted, the government dropped the case. The trial was the first nationally covered challenge to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

Geography

Christiana is located in eastern Lancaster County at (39.955262, -75.996208). It is bordered to the north, west, and south by Sadsbury Township and to the east by West Sadsbury Township in Chester County. Pennsylvania Route 372 passes through the center of the borough, leading east to Parkesburg and west to Quarryville. Lancaster is to the northwest via Pennsylvania Route 41, and U.S. Route 30. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land. The borough is in the valley of Pine Creek, which forms the Lancaster County/Chester County line, and which flows south to form Octoraro Creek, a southward-flowing tributary of the Susquehanna River.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• New Holland Elementary
  Elementary · New Holland · 523 students · 11.4:1 ratio
• Pequea Valley HS
  High · Kinzers · 443 students · 12:1 ratio
• Paradise El Sch
  Elementary · Paradise · 416 students · 13.4:1 ratio
• Smith MS
  Middle · Quarryville · 373 students · 12.4:1 ratio
• Quarryville El Sch
  Elementary · Quarryville · 361 students · 13.9:1 ratio
• Salisbury El Sch
  Elementary · Gap · 279 students · 12.1:1 ratio
• Pequea Valley Intrmd Sch
  Middle · Kinzers · 210 students · 11.7:1 ratio
• Bart-Colerain El Sch
  Elementary · Christiana · 188 students · 11.8:1 ratio