Pleasantville, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Pleasantville Manatawny
Unincorporated community
PA 73 eastbound in the center of Pleasantville
Pleasantville
Coordinates: 40°23′03″N75°43′57″W / 40.384107°N 75.732611°W / 40.384107; -75.732611
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Berks
Township	Oley
Elevation	177 ft (54 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes	610 and 484
GNIS feature ID	1180258 [1]

Pleasantville, also known as Manatawny, ^[2] is an unincorporated community in Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at the junction of Pennsylvania Route 73 and Covered Bridge Road. Important places in Pleasantville include the Pleasantville Park, Pleasantville Covered Bridge, and Pleasantville Evangelical Church.

The village's alternate name comes from the Manatawny Creek which runs nearby. ^{[2] [3]}

History

A post office called Manatawny was established in 1851, and remained in operation until 1968. ^{[2] [4]}

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References

1. "Pleasantville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Smith, Susan Miers (October 12, 2020). "Berks Places: Pleasantville lives up to its name with tons of history and rural charm". Reading Eagle . Retrieved September 13, 2025. The village also has been called Manatawny, for the creek that runs through it. Manatawny is the Leni Lenape Indian word for 'place where we drank.'
3. "Some peculiar post office names in Berks". Reading Eagle. November 27, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
4. "Berks County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 1, 2015.