Hempfield, Pennsylvania

Hempfield is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Hempfield is a tiny locale in West Hempfield Township a few miles west of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

History

Hempfield Township was one of the original townships set off when the boundaries of Lancaster County were surveyed in 1729. At that time, it included the present areas of East Hempfield Township, West Hempfield Township, Manor Township, and the Boroughs of Columbia, Mountville, and East Petersburg.

Hempfield is said to named on account of the hemp fields that used to be in the area.

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See also

  • Hempfield High School
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    The West Hempfield Township Board of Supervisors will hold a work session on Monday, April

    Lancaster Online 21 Apr 2025
    The West Hempfield Township Board of Supervisors will hold a work session on Monday, April 28, 2025 at 8.00 am at the Township Building, 3476 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, PA, to discuss Comprehensive Planning ... .
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    Hempfield administrators tell school board about need for AI policy

    Lancaster Online 21 Apr 2025
    When. Hempfield school board education, policy and legal committee meeting, April 17 ... .
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    Historical mile marker along Harrisburg Pike in East Hempfield Township is missing

    Lancaster Online 21 Apr 2025
    A piece of Lancaster’s history has gone missing from Harrisburg Pike – and not for the first time ... .
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    Powerful offenses lead Hempfield, Penn-Trafford softball teams to top of their classes

    Pittsburgh Tribune Review 21 Apr 2025
    Hempfield and Penn-Trafford played each other in the softball season opener ... Hempfield (12-0), ranked No ... “I have six girls who are absolutely killing it at the plate,” Hempfield coach Tina Madison said ... Hempfield won it in ’23.
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    Westmoreland high school athletes of the week for April 19, 2025: Hempfield’s Allie DeMatt and ...

    Pittsburgh Tribune Review 21 Apr 2025
    Allie DeMatt. School. Hempfield ... Hempfield defeated Penn-Trafford (82-63) and Indiana (105-43) in cold, windy conditions Tuesday as DeMatt won all three jumps ... Why is Hempfield a perennial contender in track and field? ... Mt ... Hempfield’s Allie DeMatt and Mt.
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    With postseason approaching, volleyball coaches association releases latest WPIAL boys rankings

    Pittsburgh Tribune Review 21 Apr 2025
    They also are making moves throughout the weekly Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association top-10 polls, which were released Monday morning ... 1 spots ... 3 ... Lebanon, Hempfield, Penn-Trafford, Canon-McMillan and Central Catholic ... 3 ... 10 ... Hempfield (8).
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    Man dead after pickup truck crashes into tree in Hempfield Township

    WPXI 20 Apr 2025
    HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man is dead after a pickup truck crashed into a tree in Hempfield Township ... Altman, 68, of Hempfield Township, was driving in a Ford pickup truck on North Greengate ...
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    Westmoreland high school notebook: More Division I offers for Hempfield’s Heisler

    Pittsburgh Tribune Review 20 Apr 2025
    The junior from Hempfield is lining up a Division I college football career and has plenty of options when it comes to his future destination ... More Division I offers for Hempfield’s Heisler first appeared on Trib HSSN.
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    P-T baseball uses extra-base hits to sink Hempfield in nonsection matchup

    Pittsburgh Tribune Review 18 Apr 2025
    The Warriors, though, were in the mood for something different Thursday in a nonsection game against Hempfield ... Class 6A Hempfield (5-8), which has dropped four of five, was limited to four hits.
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    Westmoreland County softball notebook: Penn-Trafford battle-tested by top-flight competition

    Pittsburgh Tribune Review 17 Apr 2025
    Penn-Trafford opened the season with a loss to 6A power Hempfield. “The Hempfield loss (in the season opener) lit a fire, I think,” Little said ... Undefeated Hempfield moved into the No.
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    Warwick survives Hempfield in epic Section 1 5-setter: L-L League boys volleyball roundup for April ...

    Lancaster Online 16 Apr 2025
    That’s one time around the L-L League boys volleyball section schedule, now that Tuesday’s matches are in the books. There is a solo leader in Section 1 (Cedar Crest) and a solo leader in Section 2 (back-to-back reigning league champ ... .
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    Hempfield stays in-house for new varsity girls basketball coach

    Lancaster Online 15 Apr 2025
    Hempfield is keeping its girls basketball coaching job in-house ... .
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    L-L League boys tennis: Clutch wins for Conestoga Valley, Hempfield, Lancaster Country Day, Ephrata standout

    Lancaster Online 15 Apr 2025
    The race in Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two boys tennis got a little more interesting Monday as Conestoga Valley handed defending section champion Lampeter-Strasburg a 4-3 setback, leaving Manheim Central alone in first ... .
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    What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 15, 2025: Hempfield, Seneca Valley softball ...

    Pittsburgh Tribune Review 15 Apr 2025
    Hopefully, Mother Nature will not be a factor again when Hempfield hosts Seneca Valley for first place in 6A softball at 4 p.m ... Hempfield won five straight titles between 2015-2019, and then captured gold again in 2023.
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