Douglassville, Pennsylvania

Douglassville, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
Old St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, founded 1720. This building built in 1801.
Douglassville
Coordinates: 40°15′28″N 75°43′35″W / 40.25778°N 75.72639°W / 40.25778; -75.72639Coordinates: 40°15′28″N 75°43′35″W / 40.25778°N 75.72639°W / 40.25778; -75.72639
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Berks
Township	Amity
Elevation	194 ft (59 m)
Population (2010)^[1]
• Total	448
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	19518
Area code(s)	610 and 484
GNIS feature ID	1173428^[2]

Douglassville is a census-designated place (CDP)^[3] in Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Douglassville is situated along U.S. Route 422 and Pennsylvania Route 724. Developments include the Amity Gardens subdivision, the West Ridge subdivision, the Briarwood subdivision, and the High Meadow subdivision. Douglassville also includes Cider Mill and The Woods Edge subdivision along Pennsylvania Route 562. As of the 2010 census the population of the CDP was 448 residents.^[4] Douglassville is Exchange 385 in Area Code 610.

History

Monce Jones House, built 1716

Douglass House

Swedish pioneers were the first European settlers in present Berks County on land granted by William Penn. Swedish Lutheran Minister Andreas Rudman secured an order from William Penn on October 21, 1701 setting aside 10,000 acres (40 km²) up the Schuylkill, near Manatawny Creek, for members of his congregation. The boundaries of Amity Township are almost identical to the boundaries of the original area known as Swedes’ tract. Morlatton Village, an early settlement which became part of what is now Douglassville, was Berks County's first settlement site along the Schuylkill River. The settlement later became the location of Old St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church or Old Swedes, founded in 1720 as the oldest church in Berks County. The site also included the Mounce Jones House, built by Swedish settlers in 1716. The house is the oldest documented dwelling in Berks County.^[5]^[6]

Parks

Lake Drive Park and Recreation Area

It is on Lake Drive in the Amity Gardens Subdivision. Facilities include Basketball and Tennis Courts, a skateboard park, a pavilion, and a picnic area.

Hill Road Park

Hill Road Park is located on Hill Road in the West Ridge subdivision.

Monocacy Hill Preserve

Monocacy Hill Preserve is an undeveloped park used for hiking and environmental education on Monocacy Hill outside of Douglassville. The park has trail going all around the mountain.

Notable Residents

Daniel Boone - (Oct 1734 - Sept 1820) An American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States.

References

↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
↑ "Douglassville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ http://www.census.gov/2010census/
↑ http://www.census.gov/#
↑ Mouns Jones House (1716) (Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County)
↑ Andreas Rudman and his Family (by Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig . Swedish Colonial News, Volume 2, Number 1 . Winter 2000)

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Municipalities and communities of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Reading

City	Reading

Boroughs	Adamstown‡ Bally Bechtelsville Bernville Birdsboro Boyertown Centerport Fleetwood Hamburg Kenhorst Kutztown Laureldale Leesport Lenhartsville Lyons Mohnton Mount Penn New Morgan Robesonia St. Lawrence Shillington Shoemakersville Sinking Spring Strausstown Topton Wernersville West Reading Womelsdorf Wyomissing

Townships	Albany Alsace Amity Bern Bethel Brecknock Caernarvon Centre Colebrookdale Cumru District Douglass Earl Exeter Greenwich Heidelberg Hereford Jefferson Longswamp Lower Alsace Lower Heidelberg Maidencreek Marion Maxatawny Muhlenberg North Heidelberg Oley Ontelaunee Penn Perry Pike Richmond Robeson Rockland Ruscombmanor South Heidelberg Spring Tilden Tulpehocken Union Upper Bern Upper Tulpehocken Washington Windsor

CDPs	Alleghenyville Alsace Manor Amity Gardens Baumstown Bethel Blandon Bowers Colony Park Dauberville Douglassville Dryville Edenburg Flying Hills Fox Chase Frystown Gibraltar Gouglersville Greenfields Grill Hereford Hyde Park Jacksonwald Kempton Kutztown University Lincoln Park Lorane Mertztown Mohrsville Montrose Manor Morgantown‡ Mount Aetna Muhlenberg Park New Berlinville New Jerusalem New Schaefferstown Oley Pennside Pennwyn Rehrersburg Reiffton Riverview Park Schubert Shartlesville South Temple Spring Ridge Springmont Stony Creek Mills Stouchsburg Temple Virginville Walnuttown West Hamburg West Lawn West Wyomissing Whitfield

Unincorporated communities	Albany Amityville Barto Basket Beckersville Berne Boyers Junction Breezy Corner Brownsville Cacoosing Chapel‡ Clayton Dale Earlville Dreibelbis Eagle Point Eckville Eshbach Evansville Five Points Fredericksville Fritztown Geigertown Greenawald Greenfield Manor Green Hills Grimville Hancock Harlem Henningsville Hinterleiter Host Huffs Church Jalappa Joanna Joanna Heights Kempville Kirbyville Knauers Krumsville Kulptown Landis Store Leinbachs Limekiln Lobachsville Longswamp Maiden Creek Manatawny Maple Grove Maxatawny Molltown Monocacy Station Montello Monterey Morysville Moselem Moselem Springs New Hensingersville‡ North Heidelberg Pikeville Pine Forge Pine Waters Pleasant Valley Pleasantville Plowville Pricetown Quaker City Rittenhouse Gap Sally Ann Scarlets Mill Seisholtzville State Hill Stony Run Trexler Tuckerton Unionville Vinemont Weavertown Windsor Castle Wintersville Woodchoppertown Wyomissing Hills Yellow House

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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