Maxatawny, Pennsylvania

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Maxatawny, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community & CDP
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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]
  Total0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2)
  Land0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
479 ft (146 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
  Total130
  Density1,287.13/sq mi (499.00/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
19538
Area code(s) 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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