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Hamburg (Pennsylvania German: Hambarig) is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,270 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] The town is thought to have been named after Hamburg , Germany, but this is likely to have been a corruption of Bad Homburg .
An 1836 map of Pennsylvania's counties. The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, used by the U.S. government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. FIPS codes are five-digit numbers; for Pennsylvania the codes start with 42 and are completed with the three-digit county code.
Pennsylvania Route 61 (PA 61) is an 81.8-mile-long (131.6 km) state highway that is located in Pennsylvania in the United States. The route is signed north-south despite running in a northwest-southeast direction from U.S. Route 222 Business (US 222 Bus.) in Reading to US 11 / US 15 / PA 147 in Shamokin Dam .
U.S. and Interstate highways are classified as state routes in Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania established the Location Referencing System (LRS) in 1987, which registers all numbered routes in Pennsylvania as SR-X. A state route would be SR 39, a US Route would be SR 22, and an Interstate route would be SR 80.
According to architectural historian B. Raid, who assisted in preparing the nominating form to secure the placement of the Hamburg Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places, the Hamburg Historic District "encompasses an area of just over 100 acres in the center of the borough [of Hamburg, Pennsylvania], extending roughly from Franklin Street and Quince Alley in the north to ...
West Hamburg is a census-designated place [2] in Tilden Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along Old US Route 22 and just west of Pennsylvania Route 61 near the borough of Hamburg. The area is best known for having the biggest Cabela's store in the world. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,979 residents. [3]
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail passes through the township, and the portions of the Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 106 is located in the northern part. Kaercher Creek Park is located adjacent to Hamburg. [3] [4]
In Pennsylvania, I-78 runs for about 78 miles (126 km) from the western terminus at I-81 in Union Township east to the New Jersey state line near Easton in Northampton County. Much of I-78 west of Allentown predates the Interstate Highway System as a freeway upgrade of U.S. Route 22 (US 22), which runs concurrently with I-78 between Bethel ...