Maxatawny, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community & CDP
Maxatawny is located in Pennsylvania
Maxatawny
Maxatawny
Maxatawny is located in the United States
Maxatawny
Maxatawny
Coordinates: 40°32′33″N 75°41′20″W / 40.54250°N 75.68889°W / 40.54250; -75.68889
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyBerks
TownshipMaxatawny
Area
[1]
 • Total0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2)
 • Land0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
479 ft (146 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total130
 • Density1,287.13/sq mi (499.00/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
19538
Area code(s)610 and 484
GNIS feature ID1180566[3]

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.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020130—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

Etymology

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

History

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

Notes

  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. ^ "Maxatawny". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ "Maxatawny, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  6. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  7. ^ "Some peculiar post office names in Berks". Reading Eagle. November 27, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  8. ^ "Berks County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 1, 2015.


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