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About Mountville

Mountville is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,022 at the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 2,802 tabulated in 2010. The original Charles Chips potato chip factory was located here. == Geography == Mountville is located in western Lancaster County at 40°2′23″N 76°25′57″W (40.039797, -76.432433). U.S. Route 30, a four-lane freeway, passes through the northern part of the borough, with access from College Avenue at the northeast edge of town. US 30 leads east 7 miles (11 km) to the northern part of Lancaster, the county seat, and west 17 miles (27 km) to York. Pennsylvania Route 462 runs through the center of Mountville as Columbia Avenue; it leads east 6 miles (10 km) to the center of Lancaster and west 5 miles (8 km) to Columbia. According to the United States Census Bureau, Mountville has a total area of 0.85 square miles (2.2 km2), of which 0.7 acres (2,719 m2), or 0.12%, are water. The eastern side of Mountville is drained by the West Branch of Little Conestoga Creek, a southward-flowing tributary of the Conestoga River and part of the Susquehanna River watershed. The west side of the borough is drained by Strickler Run, a westward-flowing direct tributary of the Susquehanna.