About Red Lion, Pennsylvania

Red Lion is a borough of 6,512 people in York County. In 1852 John D. Meyer, a German settler, bought a tract of land that lay partly in York Township and partly in Windsor Township, and most of the town now stands on it. The place took its name from the Red Lion Tavern, an old inn, and when the railroad came through, its station was named for the hotel too.

Catharine Meyer laid out the town in the nation's centennial year, with a survey by Jacob R. Wallace of East Prospect, and Matthew Gable built the first house there in 1876. Growth stayed slow until the borough was incorporated on January 16, 1880. Henry Wegman served as the first burgess and was elected twice more before John W. Burger took over in 1884, the year about twenty-five new houses went up. By then about 400 people lived in Red Lion.

  • A friendly lion on the signThe Red Lion Tavern was an old-fashioned public inn with a red lion painted on the sign that swung out front. Local tradition held that this lion looked gentle and welcoming rather than fierce, so it drew thirsty travelers in instead of frightening them off.
  • Top of the railroadRed Lion sat at the highest point of the York & Peach Bottom Railway, 892 feet above sea level and 536 feet above York. For the first four miles toward York the track dropped 105 feet to the mile, so a train could coast nearly all the way there without an engine. The town later became a main stop on the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad, the "Ma & Pa," which ran to Baltimore.
  • Cigars by the millionsIn the 1880s about thirty cigar factories employed a large share of the townspeople. Red Lion went on to turn out millions of cigars each month, about 10% of the national total, and to honor that past the town still raises a cigar every New Year's Eve. The Consumers Cigar Box Company building joined the National Register in 1999. Large factories here also built ornate handmade furniture for over 100 years.
  • Two churches in 1882Catharine Meyer gave the Reformed congregation a lot, and St. John's Reformed Church, a white frame building that cost $1,800, was dedicated on October 8, 1882. On a clear day its belfry gave a plain view of Lancaster. The United Brethren dedicated Bethany Church, also built for $1,800 and topped with a bell and tall spire, on November 24, 1882.

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Places and landmarks4

  • Red Lion Municipal Offices
  • Fairmount Park
  • Nitchkey Field
  • Nature Trail

Streets and roads128

  • South Main Street
  • West Broadway
  • North Main Street
  • East High Street
  • East Broadway
  • Craley Road
  • Country Club Road
  • Railroad Lane
  • West High Street
  • South Charles Street
  • East Chestnut Street
  • East Lancaster Street
  • West Cherry Lane
  • East Prospect Street
  • Osan Lane
  • Lemon Lane
  • South Pine Street
  • Summit Lane
  • Wise Avenue
  • Wallick Lane
  • North Church Lane
  • Linden Avenue
  • Horace Mann Avenue
  • North Franklin Street
  • South Franklin Street
  • Atlantic Avenue
  • Rock Lane
  • Bellevue Road
  • Newton Lane
  • Boundary Avenue
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  • Hess Lane
  • Hillside Drive
  • West Maple Street
  • North Charles Street
  • First Avenue
  • Summit Drive
  • South Park Street
  • West Avenue
  • West Howard Street
  • West Gay Street
  • Hyson Lane
  • Highland Road
  • Redco Avenue
  • West Weaver Lane
  • Martin Street
  • Cherry Street
  • Railroad Avenue
  • Dixie Drive
  • Catalpa Lane
  • Boxwood Road
  • Cottage Place
  • East Gay Street
  • Pleasant View Street
  • Windsor Lane
  • Mill Street
  • Western Avenue
  • Neff Street
  • Weaver Lane
  • Taylor Avenue
  • Ivy Drive
  • Adams Lane
  • Arbor Lane
  • West Hazel Lane
  • East Osan' Lane
  • Henrietta Street
  • East Elm Lane
  • Holly Drive
  • Hazel Lane
  • East Avenue
  • Locust Lane
  • West Wallick Lane
  • Gohn Lane
  • Charles Lane
  • Marshall Street
  • West Prospect Street
  • West Elm Lane
  • Myrtle Lane
  • Springvale Road
  • Vine Street
  • Vulcan Lane
  • Cypress Lane
  • Keener Avenue
  • South Park Lane
  • Knisley Lane
  • Maple Lane
  • South Mill Street
  • Edgehill Drive
  • Grand Avenue
  • Holly Lane
  • Wilson Court
  • Cove Lane
  • Edgewood Avenue
  • North Willow Lane
  • East Walnut Street
  • West Chestnut Street
  • Rost Lane
  • Thompson Lane
  • West Lancaster Street
  • Householder Avenue
  • North Mill Street
  • School Court
  • Laurel Lane
  • Haines Lane
  • Spruce Street
  • Union Lane
  • Poplar Lane
  • Winter Lane
  • Moul Avenue
  • James Lane
  • Baker Lane
  • North Park Lane
  • West Walnut Street
  • Lombard Lane
  • Grand Street
  • Hickory Lane
  • North Kelly Lane
  • Federal Avenue
  • Keene Avenue
  • Juniper Lane
  • Winterstown Road
  • Cape Horn Road
  • Country Boulevard
  • Bicking Avenue
  • North Park Street
  • Pleasant Avenue
  • Birch Lane
  • Cedar Street
  • Dove Lane

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