Pottstown
Pottstown | ||
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Former Pottstown Railway Station, now the Harleysville National Bank. |
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Location in Pennsylvania | ||
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | 1761 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Pennsylvania | |
County : | Montgomery County | |
Coordinates : | 40 ° 15 ′ N , 75 ° 38 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Residents : | 22,377 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 1,864.8 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 13.0 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of which 12.0 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) are land |
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Height : | 61.9 m | |
Postal code : | 19464 | |
Area code : | +1 610 | |
FIPS : | 4262416 | |
GNIS ID : | 1214003 | |
Mayor : | Sharon Thomas | |
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Pottstown is a borough in Montgomery County in the southeast of the US state Pennsylvania with just under 22,377 inhabitants.
The place, a good 55 km northwest of Philadelphia , was founded in 1761 by John Potts on his own land.
Population development
1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 |
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13,696 | 15,599 | 17,431 | 19,430 | 20.194 | 22,589 | 26,411 | 25,355 | 22,729 | 21,831 | 21,859 |
Personalities
- Jakob Albrecht (1759–1808), bishop
- John R. Brooke (1838–1926), Major General in the United States Army
- Al Gray (1925-2000), jazz trombonist
- Eugene Daub (* 1942), sculptor and medalist
- Eric Berg (1945–2020), sculptor
- Dan Gottshall (* 1961), jazz trombonist
- Jim Mickle (* 1979), film director
Individual evidence
- ^ Demographic and Information Packet - Montgomery County Planning Commission (MCPC); http://webapp.montcopa.org/planning/dataportal/pdfs/2012demogentiredocument.pdf , page 8
Web links
Commons : Pottstown, Pennsylvania - Collection of images