Quarryville is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,852 at the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 2,576 tabulated in 2010.
Geography
Quarryville is located in southern Lancaster County. U.S. Route 222 passes through the borough, leading northwest to Lancaster, the county seat, and south to U.S. Route 1 in Conowingo, Maryland. Pennsylvania Route 372 (State Street) also passes through Quarryville, leading east to Parkesburg and west to its crossing of the Susquehanna River near Holtwood. Pennsylvania Route 472 (South Lime Street) leads southeast from Quarryville to Oxford.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Borough of Quarryville has a total area of , of which , or 1.53%, are water. The borough is drained by the headwaters of the South Fork of Big Beaver Creek, a northwestward-flowing tributary of Pequea Creek, itself a tributary of the Susquehanna River.
Demographics
As of the census
The final scenes in the movie The Boys from Brazil (film) take place on a farm near Quarryville.
Education
Quarryville is part of the Solanco School District.
Quarryville Elementary School, Smith Middle School, and Solanco High School serve Quarryville.
Local services
The Quarryville Library is part of the Lancaster County Library System. The Quarryville Fire Company is a volunteer unit.
Notable people
- Edwin Duing Eshleman, former member of the United States House of Representatives
- Robert Fulton, inventor and painter; born outside of Quarryville
- William Roy Wallace, architect, born in Quarryville
- Johnny Weir, US Olympic figure skater; grew up in Quarryville
- Don Wert, played third base for the Detroit Tigers 1963–1970