{"id":7216,"date":"2023-08-28T07:42:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T07:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7216"},"modified":"2026-07-31T18:41:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:41:29","slug":"berks-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/berks-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Berks County, Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"

Berks County is a county in Pennsylvania, United States, about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia and 26 miles southwest of Allentown. It had a population of 428,849 at the 2020 census, an estimated 433,015 by 2024, and covers 866 square miles (2,243 km2) centred near 40°25′N 75°56′W.<\/p>\n

Reading is the county seat and its only city; its postal code is 19601. The county holds 1 city, 28 boroughs and 43 townships — 72 municipalities in all — and it runs on Eastern Time. Its FIPS code is 42011.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Berks County<\/h2>\n

Berks County has 29 incorporated places: Reading and 28 boroughs. The other 43 municipalities are townships, covered separately below because Pennsylvania townships are full municipal governments, not unincorporated areas. In the table, “City · seat” marks Reading; “Borough” covers the rest.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Reading<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n95,112<\/td>\n19601<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adamstown<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n1,938<\/td>\n19501<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bally<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n1,228<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bechtelsville<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n884<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bernville<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n905<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birdsboro<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n5,106<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boyertown<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n4,264<\/td>\n19512<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centerport<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fleetwood<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n4,049<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hamburg<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n4,270<\/td>\n19526<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kenhorst<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n3,001<\/td>\n19607<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kutztown<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n4,162<\/td>\n19530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laureldale<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n4,277<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leesport<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n1,954<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lenhartsville<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lyons<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mohnton<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n2,927<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mount Penn<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n3,240<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Morgan<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robesonia<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n2,035<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St. Lawrence<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shillington<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n5,475<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shoemakersville<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n1,360<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sinking Spring<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n4,286<\/td>\n19608<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Topton<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n2,041<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wernersville<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n2,776<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Reading<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n4,553<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Womelsdorf<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n2,892<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wyomissing<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n11,114<\/td>\n19610<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Adamstown sits mostly in neighboring Lancaster County; only a small slice of its 2020 population of 1,938 lives on the Berks side, near the county line. Berks County also has four townships named for the Heidelberg family — Heidelberg, Lower Heidelberg, North Heidelberg and South Heidelberg — plus Bern and Upper Bern, and Tulpehocken and Upper Tulpehocken, all separate municipalities that are easy to mix up on a map. Robesonia borough and Robeson Township are also unrelated neighbors, both named for the same 18th-century Robeson family but governed separately.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n

Berks County’s 43 townships range from Spring, its second-largest municipality, down to small rural townships of a few hundred residents. Populations below are 2020 census figures for the county’s largest townships by population; the remaining 36 are smaller and mostly rural, with no single one exceeding a few thousand residents.<\/p>\n

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Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Spring<\/td>\n28,396<\/td>\nSinking Spring area, Penn State Berks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exeter<\/td>\n25,500<\/td>\nReiffton, Lorane, Baumstown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muhlenberg<\/td>\n21,915<\/td>\nTemple, Laureldale border, Muhlenberg Park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cumru<\/td>\n15,638<\/td>\nMohnton border, Angelica Park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amity<\/td>\n13,435<\/td>\nDouglassville, Amity Gardens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bern<\/td>\n6,609<\/td>\nLeesport border, Berkley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Douglass<\/td>\n3,664<\/td>\nGilbertsville area, Pine Forge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n