Maxatawny,_Pennsylvania

Maxatawny, Pennsylvania

Maxatawny, Pennsylvania

Unincorporated community & CDP in Pennsylvania, United States

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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Etymology

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

History

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

Notes

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    "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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    "Some peculiar post office names in Berks". Reading Eagle. November 27, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
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    "Berks County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 1, 2015.


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