Lincoln (Ephrata)


  • COORDINATES: 40.196332, -76.201145 (approximate) where marker likely was located.
  • COUNTY: Lancaster
  • DISTANCE TO NEXT: Ephrata - 2
  • EXPLANATION OF NAME: Formerly 'New Ephrata', Renamed for President Lincoln
  • FOUNDED: 1814
  • MANUFACTURER: Undetermined
  • SHAPE: Standard 1-sided
  • STATUS: Formerly known only from Clair Clawser book until new info and photo were acquired. To be refurbished by locals and installed at Lincoln Heights Park.

Feb. 2023 photo courtesy of Cocalico Valley Museum

Photo courtesy of Cocalico Hist. Soc .

Presumed to have been on US Rt. 322.  Two LINCOLN markers are in the collection of the Cocalico Valley History Museum in Ephrata.

Lincoln is now a part of Ephrata Borough.