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- 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.
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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. Pottstown is the center of a productive farming and dairying region. Pottstown is located on the Schuylkill ...
The Borough. On February 6, 1815, this area was incorporated as a Borough, the second Borough formed in the county, Norristown being the first. The first election of town officers was held in April of 1815.
May 7, 2017 · When its construction began in the late 1830s, the borough council was able to entice the builders to stay on its side of the Schuylkill by giving Queen Street as the right of way. It was a...
Feb 1, 2015 · POTTSTOWN >> Pennsylvania Gov. Simon Snyder signed a bill on Feb. 6, 1815, making Pottstown an incorporated borough, thus, with a stroke of his pen, giving legitimacy to a community that had...
Oct 5, 2023 · Pottstown was first settled in 1752 and was originally called Pottsgrove in honor of its founder, John Potts. It began as a small farming community, but its growth accelerated with the arrival of the Schuylkill Navigation Company in the 1820s.
1 day ago · In 1815, 268 acres were taken from what was known as the town of Pottsgrove to form the Borough of Pottstown, the second official borough in Montgomery County. On June 10, 1875 the Court of Quarter Sessions divided the remaining township into “the Upper and Lower election districts.”
Pottsgrove grew, and in 1815 it was incorporated under the name Pottstown, becoming the second borough in Pennsylvania, after Norristown. The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad mainline reached Pottstown in 1838.
