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Upper Leacock Township is a township in east central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,229 at the 2000 census. The township includes a village called Mascot, named by Annie Groff, a deceased member of the Ressler family, owners of the Mascot Roller Mills. She dedicated the name of the village to a canine actor she watched at a Broadway theatre show on her honeymoon.〔(Mascot Roller Mills & Ressler Family House )〕 In 2005, the Lancaster Barnstormers baseball team introduced its mascot, Cylo, at the village's Mascot Roller Mills.〔()〕 The location was chosen for its lighthearted synonymity with the word mascot. The Mascot Roller Mills and Pinetown Covered Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 18.1 square miles (46.9 km²), of which, 18.0 square miles (46.6 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.50%) is water. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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