| Leola, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Leola |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lancaster |
| Subdivision Type3: | Townships |
| Subdivision Name3: | Upper Leacock, West Earl |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 15.58 |
| Area Land Km2: | 15.56 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 7465 |
| Population Density Km2: | 479.76 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 430 |
| Coordinates: | 40.0878°N -76.185°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 17540 |
| Area Code: | 717 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-42776 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2390047 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 6.02 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 6.01 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1242.51 |
Leola is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It includes the unincorporated communities of Leola, Leacock, and Bareville, and prior to 2010 was known as the Leacock-Leola-Bareville census-designated place. Originally named "Mechanicsburg", its present name is a portmanteau of "Leacock" and the "Glenola" train station that once served the town. As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 7,214.[3]
Leola is in central Lancaster County, primarily in Upper Leacock Township, and extending east into the southern corner of West Earl Township. The community of Leacock is in the western part of the CDP, Leola is in the center, and Bareville is in the east. The small community of Groffdale is in the easternmost part of the CDP. New Holland Pike (Pennsylvania Route 23) runs the length of the community, leading west 8miles to the city of Lancaster, the county seat, and east 5miles to the borough of New Holland.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Leola CDP has a total area of 15.6sqkm, of which 0.02sqkm, or 0.14%, are water.[4] The communities lie atop a low east-west trending ridge, draining north via tributaries of Groff Creek to the Conestoga River and draining south to Mill Creek, a westward-flowing tributary of the Conestoga, which leads to the Susquehanna.
Leola has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa), and average monthly temperatures range from in January to in July.[5] The local hardiness zone is 6b.