Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Hallam, PA

Hallam is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, settled around 1770 and incorporated in 1908 out of Hellam Township — the first township created west of the Susquehanna River, which originally covered all of modern York and Adams counties.

Hallam's name traces back to Hallamshire, England: Samuel Blunston, the Penn family's agent for settlement west of the Susquehanna, named the area for his birthplace of Upper Hallam — and the borough spells its name 'Hallam' while the surrounding township spells it 'Hellam.'

Hallam's population more than doubled between 2000 and 2020, growing from 1,532 to 2,777 residents, driven largely by the Buttonwood development of some 550 garden apartments and townhouses.

Hallam's main street is the old Lincoln Highway (Route 462), America's first transcontinental highway, which runs through the borough along the Kreutz Creek valley between York and Wrightsville.

Just outside Hallam in Hellam Township stands the Haines Shoe House, a seven-room house shaped like a giant work boot that shoe magnate Mahlon 'the Shoe Wizard' Haines built in 1948 to advertise his shoe-store chain; it is now a museum and beloved roadside attraction.

Hallam celebrates New Year's Eve with a shoe drop, lowering a replica shoe at midnight in homage to the famous Haines Shoe House.

The Martin Schultz House, a stone house built in 1736 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is one of the oldest surviving residences in York County.

An orchard in the vicinity of Hallam first produced the York Imperial apple, which became one of Pennsylvania's best-known heritage apple varieties.

Hallam students are served by the Eastern York School District, attending Kreutz Creek Elementary School in the borough before going on to Eastern York High School.

Despite its recent growth, Hallam remains surrounded by farms and woodland in the Kreutz Creek valley and retains a small-town residential character.