The name is thought to have been derived from kanastoge meaning "at the place of the immersed pole.

In 1763, the last of these settlements was destroyed and its inhabitants massacred by the Paxton Boys, a vigilante group of Scotch-Irish settlers from Lancaster County.

The area was in the national news in 2001 when President George W. Bush held a photo opportunity at the Safe Harbor power station[8] 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Conestoga.

[9] At the 2020 census there were 1,163 people across 487 total housing units in the CDP with an occupancy rate of 99%.

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