Stevens, Pennsylvania

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Stevens, Pennsylvania
census-designated place
Stevens, Pennsylvania
Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°12′58″N 76°9′20″W / 40.21611°N 76.15556°W / 40.21611; -76.15556Coordinates: 40°12′58″N 76°9′20″W / 40.21611°N 76.15556°W / 40.21611; -76.15556
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Lancaster
Population (2010)
  Total 612
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 17578

Stevens, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. The Stevens post office is zip code 17578. Stevens was named in honor of Thaddeus Stevens. Originally also called Reamstown Station, due to that fact that this was the closest railroad station to the much larger community of Reamstown. By 1899 the community was just referred to as Stevens P.O.[1]

Local businesses

Stevens is the home of Golden Witch Technologies,[2] a mom-and-pop business started by Russ Gooding, a college philosophy major who became one of the few professional rod makers in the world for fly fishermen.[3]

Eberly Poultry[4] employs about 70 workers at their processing plant in the Stevens area. The company started offering organic poultry about 1970, and since 1984, has been all-organic. They ship their specialty poultry products throughout the US and exports to Bermuda and the Caribbean.[5]

The Schoeneck and Reamstown Elementary Schools, in the Cocalico School District, have Stevens addresses, as do several churches and the Mount Airy Kennels.

Restaurants

  • Riviera Pizza & Italian Restaurant
  • Two Cousins Pizza & Family Restaurant

References

  1. 1899 Map of East Cocalico Township retrieved January 10, 2012
  2. Bamboo rod making, tools, cane and more, http://www.goldenwitch.com/ retrieved September 21, 2006
  3. Hook, Line and Thinker By Lori Myers,http://www.centralpa.org/archives/03julycentralstories.html, Central PA magazine, July 2003. Web page retrieved September 21, 2006
  4. Eberly Poultry website, http://www.eberlypoultry.com/ retrieved September 21, 2006
  5. Eberly Poultry history http://www.eberlypoultry.com/history.htm, retrieved September 21, 2006

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