Maytown

History

Maytown is noted as the birthplace of 19th-century politician Simon Cameron, who served in the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln. The Grove Mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. William H. Strayer, born in Maytown in 1847, earned the Medal of Honor on May 22, 1872, along with William F. Cody and two others.

Geography

Maytown is located in western Lancaster County, in the western part of East Donegal Township. Pennsylvania Route 743 (Maytown Road / South River Street) passes through the center of town, leading north to Elizabethtown and south to Marietta. Pennsylvania Route 441 forms part of the southern edge of the Maytown CDP; it leads northwest to Middletown and southeast to Columbia. Lancaster, the county seat, is east of Maytown via Routes 441 and 23. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Maytown has a total area of , of which , or 0.03%, are water. The community drains east and west to unnamed direct tributaries of the Susquehanna River.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  19,415
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  16,337
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  15,629
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14,580
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  14,103
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,479
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  13,361
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  12,570

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2021-06-25
  2 km SE of Woodlawn, Maryland
• M 2.81 — 2019-09-15
  5 km ESE of East Berlin, Pennsylvania
• M 3.44 — 2019-06-13
  9 km N of Blain, Pennsylvania
• M 2.64 — 2015-01-25
  4 km ESE of Downingtown, Pennsylvania
• M 3.05 — 2010-06-03
  4 km ENE of Franklintown, Pennsylvania
• M 2.76 — 2009-10-25
  4 km ENE of Franklintown, Pennsylvania