Dryville, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
Dryville is located in Pennsylvania
Dryville
Dryville
Dryville is located in the United States
Dryville
Dryville
Coordinates: 40°27′51″N 75°44′59″W / 40.46417°N 75.74972°W / 40.46417; -75.74972
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyBerks
TownshipRockland
Area
[1]
 • Total1.39 sq mi (3.61 km2)
 • Land1.39 sq mi (3.60 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total364
 • Density262.25/sq mi (101.23/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
19522 & 19539
Area code(s)610 & 484
FIPS code42-20096

Dryville is a census-designated place in Rockland Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located one mile south of Lyons, and is located in the South Mountains and is drained by Bieber Creek into Manatawny Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River. It is split between the Fleetwood zip code of 19522 and the Mertztown Zip Code of 19539.[3] As of the 2010 census, the population was 398 residents.[4]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020364—
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

History

The village grew around the Henry Mertz Lutheran Church, which opened in 1747.[6] Dryville was named in 1852 after Benjamin Dry, a local postmaster.[7]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ^ "19522 Zip Code Map Fleetwood Pennsylvania Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine". hipcodes.com Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  4. ^ "2010 Census". Archived from the original on December 23, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ^ "History Archived October 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine". Dryville Hotel. Retrieved September 21, 2011
  7. ^ Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.
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