Shartlesville, Pennsylvania

Shartlesville, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
Former Roadside America building
Shartlesville Show map of Pennsylvania Shartlesville Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 40°30′46″N76°06′16″W / 40.51278°N 76.10444°W / 40.51278; -76.10444
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Berks
Township	Upper Bern
Elevation	568 ft (173 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	455
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	19554
Area code(s)	610 & 484
GNIS feature ID	1187386 [1]

Shartlesville is a census-designated place ^[2] that is located in Upper Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 455 residents. ^[3]

History

Shartlesville, which was founded in 1765, was named for the Shartle family of farmers and innkeepers, and particularly for Peter Shartle, a pioneer settler and colonel during the Revolutionary War. ^[4]

Geography

This American town is located just south of Interstate 78 on the south side of Blue Mountain. It is drained by Wolf Creek south into the Northkill Creek, a tributary of the Tulpehocken Creek.

The village has a box post office with the ZIP code of 19554, but outlying areas use the Bernville ZIP code of 19506 or the Hamburg ZIP code of 19526. ^{[5] [6]} It is served by the Hamburg Area School District.

Notable features

It is home to the Shartlesville Hotel, which suffered major roof damage in February 2009 during a wind storm that also knocked down a billboard in Reading, Pennsylvania, and blew off roof tiles of the Pagoda in eastern Reading.

The community was also the home of Roadside America, a large community of miniature trains and villages, located off Interstate 78, that was open to the public at that location from 1953 until 2020, when the attraction was closed, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^{[7] [8]}

Just to the north of Shartlesville was the Mountain Springs Arena, which hosted events including rodeos, concerts, horse shows, demolition derbies, tractor pulls, and an annual country fair.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2010	455		—
2020	404		−11.2%
2022 (est.)	345	[9]	−14.6%
US Census [10]

Race and Ethnicity

Racial and ethnic composition	2010 [11]	2020 [12]
White (non-Hispanic)	94.29%	90.35%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	5.05%	3.47%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic)	0.22%	2.97%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	1.73%
Other (non-Hispanic)	0.22%	1.24%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	0.22%	0.25%
Native American (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%

See also

• Media related to Shartlesville, Pennsylvania at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. "Shartlesville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Center for New Media and Promotions(C2PO). "2010 Census". census.gov. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
3. US Census Bureau. "Census.gov" . Retrieved 20 January 2015.
4. "Berks Places: Shartlesville was founded in 1765 and its 3 hotels and miniature village drew thousands of visitors". Reading Eagle. 2021-11-08. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
5. "Shartlesville, PA zip code". uszip.com. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
6. "19506 ZIPCode Map Bernville Pennsylvania - HipCodes.com". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
7. "COVID-19 forces 'Roadside America' tourist attraction to close after 85 years". www.radio.com. 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
8. Lynch, Michelle (2020-11-22). "Roadside America in Shartlesville to close permanently". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
9. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov.
10. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
11. "2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". US Census Bureau.
12. "2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". US Census Bureau.