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6 unusual facts about Berks County


Andreas Rudman

The resulting settlement in Amity Township, originally known as Morlatton Village, now Douglassville, Pennsylvania, later became the location of St. Gabriel's (Old Swedes) Church, founded in 1720.

Mahlon Kline

Born in Windsor Township in Pennsylvania, Mahlon Kline was educated at a local school in Upper Bern.

Neo-Pangea

The company was formed after founding member Brett Bagenstose left the office of G2 Interactive, a worldwide marketing services company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to create a design and production agency in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Riverview Park, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Today, the name has generally come to mean any area in Muhlenberg Township west of PA Route 61, excluding the older communities of Muhlenberg Park and Tuckerton.

Sacred Oak

Today, the Sacred Oak still grows in a forested area just off Friedensburg Road in Oley Township.

Squire Boone

The tenth of eleven children, Squire Boone was born to Squire Boone Sr. and his wife Sarah (Morgan) Boone in Berks County, Pennsylvania at the Daniel Boone Homestead.


6th Pennsylvania Cavalry

The regiment was raised during August and September 1861 from companies raised in Philadelphia, Montgomery and Berks counties by Richard H. Rush, who had been authorized to do so by Governor Curtin.

Amityville, Pennsylvania

Amityville is an unincorporated community in Berks County, Pennsylvania near the borough of Pottstown.

Cadwalader Morris

After the war he had an iron furnace for several years at Birdsboro, Berks County, Pennsylvania, after which he returned to mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia.

Mervin Heller, Jr.

In 1992, Heller established the Berks County Tennis Association (BCTA), a community tennis association serving his hometown of Reading, PA, as well as the surrounding communities.

Pennsylvania Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Festival

Pennsylvania Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Festival is a three-day festival held every September in Kempton, located in Berks County, Pennsylvania featuring speakers, exhibitors, artists, musicians, films, children's activities, and workshops on topics related to renewable energy, sustainable living, agriculture, forestry, natural building techniques, healthy cooking, and healthy lifestyle.

Pennsylvania Route 345

The route runs from Pennsylvania Route 82 in West Nantmeal Township, Chester County north to U.S. Route 422 near Birdsboro, Berks County.


see also

Albany, Pennsylvania

The village is located in central Albany Township, the northernmost and most sparsely populated of all the townships in Berks County.

Daniel Hiester

Hiester's father, also named Daniel Hiester, emigrated from Silesia in 1737 and settled in Goshenhoppen (now Bally), Pennsylvania, afterward purchasing a tract of several thousand acres in Berks County.

Douglass Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Its villages include Congo, Englesville (also in Berks County,) Gilbertsville, Niantic, and Sassamansville (also in New Hanover Township.) Its principal routes are Route 73 east-to-west and Route 100 north-to-south.

Judy Schwank

From 2000 to 2007, Schwank served two terms as an elected Berks County Commissioner.

Kistler

Kistler Creek, a tributary of Maiden Creek in Berks County, Pennsylvania

Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley

Penn State Berks, a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Berks County, PA

Rhode River

A deed was written by Thomas Harwood of Streatley, Berks County (Berkshire), England to his son Richard Harwood for Hookers Purchase at the head of Muddy Creek.

Tulpehocken Creek

Tulpehocken Creek Historic District, a national historic district in Berks County, Pennsylvania

Virginville

Virginville, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States