| Bainbridge, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Bainbridge |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pennsylvania##Location in the United States |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lancaster |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Conoy |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.96 |
| Area Land Km2: | 5.91 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.05 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 1536 |
| Population Density Km2: | 260.08 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 310 |
| Coordinates: | 40.0908°N -76.6675°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 17502 |
| Area Codes: | 717 and 223 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-03800 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1168585 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.30 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.28 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 673.68 |
Bainbridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Conoy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a ZIP code of 17502. Bainbridge is located along Pennsylvania Route 441. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,355.[2]
Before European settlement, Bainbridge was the site of a Conoy village in the first decades of the 18th century, possibly called Conejoholo.[3] [4]
Bainbridge became home to the Conoy and Nanticoke tribes in the early 1700s when English settlers pushed them out of their original homes. Before the move, the Conoys lived in the area that is now Baltimore, and the Nanticokes lived across the Chesapeake Bay in what is now Delaware. In 1632, there were about 2,500 among the tribes, and by 1697 there were only about 300, due to diseases brought to America by the English.
Bainbridge is in western Lancaster County, in the southern part of Conoy Township. Pennsylvania Route 441 passes through the community northeast of the downtown, leading northwest (upstream along the Susquehanna River) 9miles to Middletown and southeast (downstream) 10miles to Columbia.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bainbridge CDP has a total area of 6sqkm, of which 0.05sqkm, or 0.85%, are water.[5]
The White Cliffs of Conoy, south of Bainbridge, are open to the public. The cliffs look out over the Susquehanna River and are the direct result of a limestone quarry.
Koser Park is the starting point of a paved trail that stretches long. The trail goes through Marietta and Columbia.