Lake and County Park
In 1942, the Margaret Coleman Buckingham sold the Speedwell property, and surrounding 1,000 acres (4.0 km2), to Gerald and Kathryn Darlington. In the 1960s, Pennsylvania state purchased about 500 acres (2.0 km2) along Hammer Creek and dammed it, creating Speedwell Forge Lake. In the 1990s, Lancaster County purchased about 300 acres (1.2 km2) also along Hammer Creek, and created the Speedwell Forge County Park.
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