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Berks County, Pennsylvania. / 40.42°N 75.93°W / 40.42; -75.93. Berks County ( Pennsylvania German: Barricks Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 428,849. [ 2] The county seat is Reading, the fourth-most populous city in the state. [ 3]
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. / 40.17°N 77.27°W / 40.17; -77.27. Cumberland County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 259,469. [ 2] Its county seat is Carlisle. [ 3] The county is part of the South Central Pennsylvania region of the state. [ a]
Beaver County was created on March 12, 1800, from parts of Allegheny and Washington counties. [5] It took its name from the Beaver River. [6]Original township in 1800. The original townships at the date of the erection of Beaver County (1800) were North Beaver, east and west of the Big Beaver Creek; South Beaver, west of the Big Beaver; and Sewickley, east of the Big Beaver—all north of the ...
Prothonotary. A prothonotary is the "principal clerk of a court," from L.L. prothonotarius ( c. 400), from Greek protonotarios "first scribe," originally the chief of the college of recorders of the court of the Byzantine Empire, from Greek πρῶτος protos "first" + Latin notarius ("notary"); the h appeared in Medieval Latin.
Mary Ann Furnace Historic District. / 40.48472°N 75.64833°W / 40.48472; -75.64833. The Mary Ann Furnace Historic District, also known as Trexler's Furnace, is an historic iron plantation and national historic district located in Longswamp Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania . It was listed on the National Register of Historic ...
Jun. 29—The Berks County commissioners are attempting to make themselves a little more accessible to residents. On Tuesday, they approved several changes to their meeting schedule in an effort ...
Bucks County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 646,538, [ 2] making it the fourth-most populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Doylestown. [ 3] The county is named after the English county of Buckinghamshire. The county is part of the Southeast Pennsylvania region of the state.
Following the first meeting in August, the Historical Society of Berks County was incorporated on December 13, 1869. The first president was the Honorable William M. Hiester. After a period of stagnation, President Albert G. Green revived the Society in 1898. Meetings were held in the Exchange Building located on North 6th Street in Reading, PA.