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.[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.

Maxatawny, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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
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]

Demographics
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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