Maxatawny, Pennsylvania

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Maxatawny, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community & CDP
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Maxatawny
Coordinates: 40°32′33″N75°41′20″W / 40.54250°N 75.68889°W / 40.54250; -75.68889
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Berks
Township Maxatawny
Area
[1]
 • Total
0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2)
 • Land0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
479 ft (146 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total
130
 • Density1,290/sq mi (499/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
19538
Area codes 610 and 484
GNIS feature ID1180566 [3]

Maxatawny is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located on U.S. Route 222 in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, five miles east of Kutztown. [4] It is in the Lehigh watershed and Schaefer Run flows through it to the Little Lehigh Creek. Maxatawny has a post office, with the ZIP code of 19538. [5] Traffic speed on US 222 is reduced to 35 miles-per-hour passing through the village, which borders Lehigh County.

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 130—
U.S. Decennial Census [6]

Etymology

The community took its name from Masatane Township. [7]

History

A post office called Maxatawny was established in 1829. [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Maxatawny". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ↑ "Maxatawny, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Some peculiar post office names in Berks". Reading Eagle. November 27, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Berks County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
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