The Lancaster Caramel Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania , was founded by Milton S. Hershey in 1886. It was Hershey's first successful candy company and helped him build a reputation.
20-559: The business was first located in a warehouse on the west side of South Duke Street near Vine Street. However, the facilities lacked a boiler to cook the caramels and Hershey soon moved to an old factory building on Church Street that had once housed the Edison Electric Plant. The early months were a struggle, but a British candy importer placed a large order and the cashier at the Lancaster County National Bank backed
40-521: A loan, enabling Hershey to purchase supplies. As the business began to grow, Hershey expanded into other parts of the factory building. By 1894 the Lancaster Caramel Company employed approximately 1300 workers. In 1891 Hershey acquired three lots and a small factory in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania and the new factory soon began caramel production. In 1892, Lancaster Caramel Company expanded, opening
60-467: A south-flowing tributary of Chiques Creek and part of the Susquehanna River watershed, crosses the eastern side of the borough. In the 1970s, Mount Joy was chosen as the site of one of ten Decision Information Distribution System radio stations, designed to alert the public of an enemy attack. The system was never implemented and the station was not built. The 2010 United States Census reports
80-638: A subsidiary. In the Spring of 1900, believing caramels were a fad, Milton Hershey sold the assets of the caramel business including the factory, the machinery, the confectionery formulas, stock on hand and the Crystal A trademark for $ 1 million in cash to the American Caramel Company. Hershey kept the Hershey Chocolate Company subsidiary plus the chocolate making equipment because he felt that there
100-614: A western branch in Chicago , which later moved to Bloomington, Illinois . The Bloomington factory operated until 1900 when it was sold to the Paul F. Beich Company. Shortly after establishing the Western Branch, Hershey set up a third caramel factory in Reading, Pennsylvania . The Lancaster Caramel Company was incorporated on February 8, 1894 and the Hershey Chocolate Company was formally organized as
120-566: Is a tourist trap for anyone even remotely curious about the Amish way of life. Rapho Township, Pennsylvania Rapho Township is a township that is located in northwestern Lancaster County , Pennsylvania , United States. The population was 12,058 at the time of the 2020 census . This township was named after Raphoe , County Donegal , Ireland . The Kauffman's Distillery Covered Bridge , Mount Hope Estate , Forry's Mill Covered Bridge , and Siegrist's Mill Covered Bridge are listed on
140-453: Is located in northwestern Lancaster County at 40°6′36″N 76°30′40″W / 40.11000°N 76.51111°W / 40.11000; -76.51111 (40.109895, -76.510977). Pennsylvania Route 230 passes through the center of town as Main Street, leading southeast 12 miles (19 km) to Lancaster , the county seat , and northwest 6 miles (10 km) to Elizabethtown . Harrisburg ,
160-580: Is often shortened to "Mt Joy", as in Mencken (1963). However, citizens of the town often point out that this abbreviation is not proper because the town is not named for a mountain but is named after the "Good Ship" Mountjoy which famously broke a Catholic siege during the Siege of Derry . Due to the early settlement of the Protestant Scots-Irish in this region of Pennsylvania, many of the municipalities in
180-540: The National Register of Historic Places . According to the United States Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 47.5 square miles (123.1 km ), all land. Unincorporated communities in the township include Mastersonville , Union Square, Old Line, Naumanstown, Sporting Hill, and Newtown. As of the census of 2000, there were 8,578 people, 3,075 households, and 2,398 families living in
200-400: The Amish call the town of Intercourse, Pennsylvania, their home. There seems to be a lot of explanations from locals trying to pass off the name as a bastardisation of 'Enter Course' and so on, but seeing as there are other local towns called Blue Ball, Bird In Hand, and Mount Joy, I suspect that the person responsible had a very juvenile sense of humour. The town sits in upstate Pennsylvania and
220-467: The Breisch-Hine Co. of Philadelphia and the P. C. Wiest Co. of York, Pennsylvania, merged. After acquiring the Lancaster Caramel Company in 1900, the American Caramel Company became famous by including baseball and other cards in with its candies. With the addition of the Lancaster Caramel Company, the American Caramel Company grew to control 90% of the caramel in the country. The American Caramel Company
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#1732851665814240-556: The area were given names common to the North of Ireland, such as Derry Township , Londonderry Township , South Londonderry Township , Mount Joy Township , East Donegal Township , West Donegal Township , and Rapho Township . Mount Joy is often named in lists of "delightfully-named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutch Country , along with Intercourse , Blue Ball , Lititz , Bareville , Bird-in-Hand and Paradise . Mount Joy
260-1104: The following demographics for Mount Joy Borough: In the years since then many of these names have been changed to more elegant ones, and others have vanished with the ghost towns they adorned, but not a few still hang on. Indeed, there are plenty of lovely specimens to match them in the East, in regions that were also frontier in their days, e.g. , the famous cluster in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania: Bird in Hand, Bareville, Blue Ball, Mt. Joy, Intercourse and Paradise. ...in such delightfully-named towns in Pennsylvania Dutchland as his native Mount Joy, and neighboring Lititz, Blue Ball, Bareville, Intercourse, Bird in Hand, and Paradise. "...but anyone who names their towns Mount Joy, Intercourse, and Blue Ball can't be all bad. Obviously they have more on their minds than just religion." Which brings us to Intercourse. You can imagine my delight when I found out that
280-414: The population. There were 3,075 households, out of which 35.0% had children who under the age of eighteen living with them; 70.5% were married couples living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.0% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size
300-517: The state capital, is 25 miles (40 km) to the northwest via PA-230. PA-772 crosses PA-230 west of the borough center and leads northeast 7 miles (11 km) to Manheim and southwest 5 miles (8 km) to Marietta on the Susquehanna River . According to the United States Census Bureau , the borough has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.3 km ), of which 0.02 square miles (0.04 km ), or 0.64%, are water. Little Chiques Creek ,
320-425: The township. The population density was 180.5 inhabitants per square mile (69.7/km ). There were 3,185 housing units at an average density of 67.0 units per square mile (25.9 units/km ). The racial makeup of the township was 97.72% White , 0.29% African American , 0.08% Native American , 0.80% Asian , 0.51% from other races , and 0.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.80% of
340-532: Was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.17. Within the township, the population was spread out, with 27.1% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 28.1% who were aged twenty-five to sixty-four, 25.6% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 11.7% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years. For every one hundred females, there were 103.0 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 98.4 males. The median income for
360-419: Was a large market for chocolate confections. The American Caramel Company grew out of an industry established by Peter C. Wiest in 1867. He was a pioneer in the manufacture of caramels and soon developed a successful business. In 1878, Daniel F. Lafean became a partner and the firm of P. C. Wiest & Company was organized. The original proprietor retired from the business and in 1895 The P. C. Wiest Company
380-615: Was incorporated with Daniel F. Lafean as president. Lafean was instrumental in establishing the American Caramel Company; which was created March 28, 1898 when the Breisch-Hine Company in Philadelphia merged with The P. C. Wiest & Company in York, Pennsylvania . The home office of the American Caramel Company was located in York. The American Caramel Company was created on March 28, 1889, when
400-529: Was one of the early businesses to issue of Baseball Cards with their product. In December 1928, The American Caramel Company shut down the York Plant, moving the candy making machinery to a more modern facility. Mount Joy, Pennsylvania Mount Joy is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , United States. The population was 8,346 at the 2020 census , and an estimated 8,323 in 2021. The name
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