Upper Leacock Township near Bird in Hand in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Hunsecker Covered Bridge
Photographed by William Pope, December 21, 2021
1. Hunsecker Covered Bridge Marker
Erected by County of Lancaster.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Bridges & Viaducts. In addition, it is included in the Covered Bridges series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1843.
Location. 40° 5.243′ N, 76° 14.844′ W. Marker is near Bird in Hand, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. It is in Upper Leacock Township. It is on Hunsecker Rd half a mile west of Mondale Rd, on the right when traveling east. Over the Conestoga River. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bird in Hand PA 17505, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and in the Susquehanna Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pinetown Bridge (approx. 1.3 miles away); 1954 (approx. 1.8 miles away); Isaac Long Barn (approx. 1.8 miles away); Henry Hess Landis Farm (approx. 1.8 miles away); Landis Graveyard (approx. 2.2 miles away); Zook's Mill Bridge (approx. 3.1 miles away); In Memoriam to those of West Earl Township (approx. 3.2 miles away); Witmer's Tavern (approx. 3.3 miles away).
More about this marker.
this page online
Photographed by William Pope, December 21, 2021
2. Hunsecker Covered Bridge Marker
on inside wall of the bridge
Photographed by William Pope, December 21, 2021
3. Hunsecker Covered Bridge
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 21, 2021, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 325 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 21, 2021, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
