Salunga, Pennsylvania

Salunga is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in West Hempfield and [East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|East Hempfield] townships in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,695. The community was once part of the Salunga-Landisville CDP, before splitting into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census, the other being Landisville.
The name "Salunga" comes from the nearby Chiquesalunga Creek, which in turn is derived from the Lenape "Chiquesalunga", meaning "place of the crayfish".

Geography

Salunga is in northwestern Lancaster County, in the northeastern part of West Hempfield Township and the western part of East Hempfield Township. It is bordered to the east by Landisville. Pennsylvania Route 283, a four-lane freeway, forms the northeastern edge of the CDP, with access from an interchange with Spooky Nook Road. PA 283 leads southeast to Lancaster, the county seat, and northwest to Harrisburg, the state capital.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Salunga CDP has a total area of, of which, or 0.03%, are water. Chiques Creek flows past the northwestern side of the community, running southwest to the Susquehanna River.