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Dryville, Pennsylvania 
Summary
Dryville is a census-designated place in Rockland Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located one mile south of Lyons, and is located in the South Mountains and is drained by Bieber Creek into Manatawny Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River. It is split between the Fleetwood zip code of 19522 and the Mertztown Zip Code of 19539.[3] As of the 2010 census, the population was 398 residents.[4]
Dryville, Pennsylvania | |
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  Dryville  Dryville | |
| Coordinates: 40°27′51″N 75°44′59″W / 40.46417°N 75.74972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Berks |
| Township | Rockland |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.39 sq mi (3.61 km2) |
| • Land | 1.39 sq mi (3.60 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 364 |
| • Density | 262.25/sq mi (101.23/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 19522 & 19539 |
| Area code(s) | 610 & 484 |
| FIPS code | 42-20096 |
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 364 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5] | |||
History edit
The village grew around the Henry Mertz Lutheran Church, which opened in 1747.[6] Dryville was named in 1852 after Benjamin Dry, a local postmaster.[7]
References edit
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ "19522 Zip Code Map Fleetwood Pennsylvania Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine". hipcodes.com Retrieved September 21, 2011.
- ^ "2010 Census". Archived from the original on December 23, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "History Archived October 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine". Dryville Hotel. Retrieved September 21, 2011
- ^ Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.