East Earl is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,144. Geography East Earl is in northeastern Lancaster County, in the south-central part of East Earl Township. It is bordered to the northwest by Blue Ball. U.S. Route 322 (Division Highway) passes through East Earl, leading northwest to Ephrata and southeast to Downingtown. Pennsylvania Route 897 (Springville Road) leads south to Gap and north to Swartzville. Lancaster, the county seat, is to the southwest. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the East Earl CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.27%, are water. The community drains northeast and northwest to the Conestoga River and southwest to Mill Creek, a tributary of the Conestoga. Demographics References Census-designated places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania