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Boyertown (Pennsylvania Dutch: Boyerschteddel) is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,264 at the 2020 census . [3] Boyertown is known for the many painted fiberglass bears that can be found throughout the town and borough.
The Rhoads Opera House Fire occurred on January 13, 1908, in Boyertown, Pennsylvania. The opera house caught fire during a stage play sponsored by nearby St. John's Lutheran Church. Of the approximately 400 men, women, and children either in attendance or associated with the performance of the play, 171 perished in various ways as they tried to ...
Lakemont Park is an amusement park located in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The park opened in 1894 as a trolley park and became an amusement park in 1899. It is one of only thirteen trolley parks still operating, and the 8th oldest amusement park in the United States. The park was closed from 2017 to 2018, but re-opened in summer 2019. [1]
Colebrookdale Railroad. The Colebrookdale Railroad, also known as the Secret Valley Line or colloquially as The Colebrookdale, is a tourist railroad located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The railroad operates between Boyertown in Berks County and Pottstown in Montgomery County .
The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.
The Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad ( reporting mark EBG) is a short-line railroad in Pennsylvania that runs from Boyertown south to Pottstown over the Colebrookdale branch, where it interchanges with the Norfolk Southern Railway. The railroad was operated by U.S. Rail Partners until 2013, when the Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust took ...
The Boyertown Area School District is a large public school district which covers portions of Berks and Montgomery Counties in southeastern Pennsylvania. [1] When the Boyertown Area School District was formed in 1953 it was one of the largest in the state, encompassing 100 square miles (260 km 2 ). In Berks County it covers the Boroughs of ...
The Greater Reading Expo Center was located in the township just north of the city in proximity to the PA Route 12 expressway. Muhlenberg has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) and the hardiness zone is 6b. The average monthly temperature in Muhlenberg Park ranges from 29.7 °F in January to 75.0 °F in July. Demographics