Berks County is a county which is located in the state of Pennsylvania, United States of America. Reading is its county seat and it is part of the Reading and it is also considered as a part of the Philadelphia combined statistical area.
There are two in Berks County.
1) Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center, it located on the south of Reading.French.
2) Creek State Park. Before, it was known as Recreational Demonstration Area.
Welcome To The County Of Berks
Swedes were the first European settlers in Pennsylvania in 1638. These settlers traded with Indians and lived along the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers. To his Quaker friends William Penn was interested in giving the Swedes already cultivated lands along the Schuylkill. William Penn had entered the scene in 1681. As an enticement to move he offered them free land far to the northwest. Andrew Rudman, who was inspired by Penn accepted 10,500 acres from Penn and led a group of his countrymen. This is on the north of the Manatawny Creek. As they maintained amiable relations with the Indians the first township was called Amity.
The total area of the county is 2,242 square kilometers of it 2,224 square kilometers of land and 18 kilometers of water. An area in the northeast is drained by the Lehigh River and rest of the county is drained by the Schuylkill River.
248,949 are registered voters list in Berks County as January 2010. Cities, Boroughs, Townships and most of the two cases, towns are four types of incorporated municipalities under Pennsylvania law. Democrats have become more competitive in Berks in recent years. The Reading Public Museum is an art, science, and history museum. White Horse Inn, George Douglass Mansion, Bridge keeper's House, and the Mouns Jones House are four historic structures in The Old Morlatton Village. These are constructed in 1716.
There are two in Berks County.
1) Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center, it located on the south of Reading.French.
2) Creek State Park. Before, it was known as Recreational Demonstration Area.
Welcome To The County Of Berks
Swedes were the first European settlers in Pennsylvania in 1638. These settlers traded with Indians and lived along the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers. To his Quaker friends William Penn was interested in giving the Swedes already cultivated lands along the Schuylkill. William Penn had entered the scene in 1681. As an enticement to move he offered them free land far to the northwest. Andrew Rudman, who was inspired by Penn accepted 10,500 acres from Penn and led a group of his countrymen. This is on the north of the Manatawny Creek. As they maintained amiable relations with the Indians the first township was called Amity.
The total area of the county is 2,242 square kilometers of it 2,224 square kilometers of land and 18 kilometers of water. An area in the northeast is drained by the Lehigh River and rest of the county is drained by the Schuylkill River.
248,949 are registered voters list in Berks County as January 2010. Cities, Boroughs, Townships and most of the two cases, towns are four types of incorporated municipalities under Pennsylvania law. Democrats have become more competitive in Berks in recent years. The Reading Public Museum is an art, science, and history museum. White Horse Inn, George Douglass Mansion, Bridge keeper's House, and the Mouns Jones House are four historic structures in The Old Morlatton Village. These are constructed in 1716.
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