Monocacy Station, Pennsylvania

Monocacy Station, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Monocacy Station
Coordinates: 40°15′42″N75°46′02″W / 40.26167°N 75.76722°W / 40.26167; -75.76722
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Berks
Township	Amity
Elevation	164 ft (50 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	19518
Area code(s)	610 and 484
GNIS feature ID	2488647 [1]

Monocacy Station is an unincorporated community that is located in Amity Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

History and geography

This community takes its name from Monocacy Creek, which is a Native American name purported to mean "stream with several big bends". ^[2]

Monocacy Station is located on North Main Street to the north of the Schuylkill River and east of Birdsboro. ^[3] Monocacy Station previously had a post office with a ZIP code of 19542; however, this ZIP code was retired in 2016 and the community is now served by the Douglassville ZIP code of 19518. ^[4]

References

1. "Monocacy Station". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 285. ISBN   978-0-8063-0416-8.
3. Berks County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
4. Zandi, Karl (February 2016). "Geography Note: U.S. - ZIP Code Update". Moody's Analytics. Retrieved June 6, 2017.