Maxatawny, Pennsylvania

Maxatawny is an unincorporated community located on U.S. Route 222 in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States five miles east of Kutztown.[2] It is in the Lehigh watershed and Schaefer Run flows through it to the Little Lehigh Creek. It has a post office with the ZIP code of 19538.[3] Traffic speed on US 222 is reduced to 35 miles-per-hour passing through the village, which borders Lehigh County.

Maxatawny, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Maxatawny
Maxatawny
Coordinates: 40°32′33″N 75°41′20″W
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyBerks
TownshipMaxatawny
Elevation
479 ft (146 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
19538
Area code(s)610 and 484
GNIS feature ID1180566[1]

History

A post office called Maxatawny was established in 1829.[4] The community took its name from Maxatawny Township.[5]

Notes

  1. "Maxatawny". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. "Maxatawny, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  4. "Berks County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  5. "Some peculiar post office names in Berks". Reading Eagle. Nov 27, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved 2 December 2015.


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