Jonestown est un borough situé au centre du comté de Lebanon, en Pennsylvanie, aux États-Unis. En 2010, il comptait une population de 1 905 habitants, estimée au 1er juillet 2020 à 1 988 habitants. Le borough est incorporé le 20 août 1870.
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Jonestown, previously known as Williamsburg, is a borough in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Lebanon metropolitan statistical area. The population was 1,629 at the 2020 census.
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Union Township is a township in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Lebanon, Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical area. The population was 2,925 at the 2020 census.
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Northern Lebanon High School is a high school in Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania. The High School serves six municipalities: Swatara Township, Union Township, Cold Spring Township, Bethel Township, East Hanover Township, and Jonestown Borough. In the 2018–2019 school year, there were 674 students grades 9th through 12th.
The building also contains the Northern Lebanon School District's middle school, grades 6, 7, and 8. The school's mascot is a Viking.
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The Lebanon Valley is a geographic region that lies between South Mountain and the Ridge and Valley Province of eastern Pennsylvania. The valley lies almost entirely within Lebanon and Berks counties in Pennsylvania. Portions of the valley lie in eastern Dauphin and northern Lancaster counties in Pennsylvania. It is bound to its southwest by the Susquehanna River and to its northeast by the adjoining Lehigh Valley.
The Lebanon Valley is part of the much longer Great Appalachian Valley, also called the Great Valley, a natural lowland route running northeast–southwest and lying just inland from the Blue Ridge Mountains and South Mountain. The Great Valley, including the Lebanon Valley, has historically been admired for its fertile agricultural land. Beyond the southwestern end of the Lebanon Valley, the Great Valley is known locally as the Cumberland Valley. To the northeast the Great Valley is known locally as the Lehigh Valley. Lebanon Valley College is named for the region. The western part of the valley lies within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The eastern part lies within the Delaware River watershed.
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Farmers Pride Airport is a privately owned, public-use airport in Fredericksburg, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The airport was opened in November 1947.
It has a 3,410 unrolled, grass runway numbered 28–10, and avgas for transient aircraft is only available in emergencies. There are approximately 50 aircraft hangared at Farmers Pride.
The airport elevation is 500 ft MSL, and the air traffic pattern is left hand only at 1500 MSL, from both runways. Runway 28's pattern overflies Northern Lebanon High School, and Runway 10's pattern overflies Interstate 78.
The airport has tie down spots for transient aircraft, and hangars for permanent aircraft located at the field.