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| − | Landis Valley, a town (pop. 1,200) on the Reading Road, four miles northeast of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was started by "Schmidt Jacob" Landis (1780-1848), a blacksmith, a son of John of Dauphin, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. It is in Landis Valley, named for Benjamin Landis (1730-1787), a grandson of the pioneer Jacob Landis (1667-1730), who moved on to the Snavely holdings in 1750. The Landises of this area are of the latter line. "Smith Jacob" Landis Jr. (1813-1861) built the first hostelry in 1855, and when the post office was established in 1872, the older name was adopted and long after the post office of the stagecoach days, there is still a Landis Valley. The Reading Road Mennonite meetinghouse, now called [[Landis Valley | + | Landis Valley, a town (pop. 1,200) on the Reading Road, four miles northeast of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was started by "Schmidt Jacob" Landis (1780-1848), a blacksmith, a son of John of Dauphin, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. It is in Landis Valley, named for Benjamin Landis (1730-1787), a grandson of the pioneer Jacob Landis (1667-1730), who moved on to the Snavely holdings in 1750. The Landises of this area are of the latter line. "Smith Jacob" Landis Jr. (1813-1861) built the first hostelry in 1855, and when the post office was established in 1872, the older name was adopted and long after the post office of the stagecoach days, there is still a Landis Valley. The Reading Road Mennonite meetinghouse, now called [[Landis Valley Christian Fellowship (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)|Landis Valley]], is in this village. |
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Latest revision as of 14:16, 27 March 2014
Landis Valley, a town (pop. 1,200) on the Reading Road, four miles northeast of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was started by "Schmidt Jacob" Landis (1780-1848), a blacksmith, a son of John of Dauphin, Pennsylvania. It is in Landis Valley, named for Benjamin Landis (1730-1787), a grandson of the pioneer Jacob Landis (1667-1730), who moved on to the Snavely holdings in 1750. The Landises of this area are of the latter line. "Smith Jacob" Landis Jr. (1813-1861) built the first hostelry in 1855, and when the post office was established in 1872, the older name was adopted and long after the post office of the stagecoach days, there is still a Landis Valley. The Reading Road Mennonite meetinghouse, now called Landis Valley, is in this village.
| Author(s) | Ira D Landis |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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Landis, Ira D. "Landis Valley (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Landis_Valley_(Lancaster_County,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=116779.
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Landis, Ira D. (1957). Landis Valley (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Landis_Valley_(Lancaster_County,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=116779.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 282. All rights reserved.
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