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Pottsgrove Township was formed on August 20, 1806, from portions of Douglass and New Hanover Townships. [3] Pottsgrove Township was divided into Lower Pottsgrove and Upper Pottsgrove Townships on December 2, 1889. [4] In 1899, the General Assembly passed a law grouping townships into two classes. [5]
Chalk is so common in Cretaceous marine beds that the Cretaceous Period was named for these deposits. The name Cretaceous was derived from Latin creta, meaning chalk. [10] Some deposits of chalk were formed after the Cretaceous. [11] The Chalk Group is a European stratigraphic unit deposited during the late Cretaceous Period.
Stowe is located at (40.251695, -75.681230 [2]According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km 2), all land.It occupies the space between Pottstown on the east and Berks County on the west, while the Schuylkill River forms its natural southern boundary.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 13.6 square miles (35 km 2), of which 13.4 square miles (35 km 2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km 2), or 1.18%, is water. It is drained by the Schuylkill River, which forms its natural northern boundary with Montgomery County.
Pottstown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Pottstown was laid out in 1752–53 and named Pottsgrove in honor of its founder, John Potts. The old name was abandoned at the time of the incorporation as a borough in 1815. In 1888, the limits of the borough were considerably extended.
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The products of chalk weathering are dissolved in rainwater and are transported in stream flow. Chalk streams transport little suspended material (unlike most rivers), but are considered "mineral-rich" due to the dissolved calcium and carbonate ions. The surface water of chalk streams is commonly described as "gin clear".
Pottsville is a city and the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. [3] The population was 13,346 at the 2020 census, and is the principal city of the Pottsville, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area.