Incorporation Dates for Municipalities of Berks County, PA

Based on information contained in Incorporation Dates for Pennsylvania Municipalities, Comm of PA, Department of Internal Affairs, 1965 and other sources.

Note: Numbers in parentheses refer to the reference sources listed at the end of this file.

Berks County - 3rd Class: Formed on March 11, 1752 from parts of Philadelphia, Chester & Lancaster Counties. [Archivist's Note: Also formed from part of Cumberland County.]

Third Class City

Boroughs

First Class Townships

Second Class Townships

Reference Sources

  1. Pennsylvania, Political, Governmental, Military and Civil: Political and Civil History Volume by Frederick A. Godcharles, 1933.
  2. Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, by Morton L. Montgomery, 1909.
  3. Berks County Governmental Functions and a Brief Historical Review, by Berks County Commissioners, 1959.
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