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March 11, 1752
- With the help of German immigrant Conrad Weiser, the county was formed on March 11, 1752, from parts of Chester County, Lancaster County, and Philadelphia County.
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Four townships were organized and named by them – Cumru, Ruscombmanor, Brecknock, and Caernarvon. Another group of Lutheran and Reformed Germans came down from New York after 1723 and built houses and Rieth’s Church west of the Schuylkill in the townships of Heidelberg and Tulpehocken.
With the help of German immigrant Conrad Weiser, the county was formed on March 11, 1752, from parts of Chester County, Lancaster County, and Philadelphia County. [ 4 ] It was named after the English county in which William Penn 's family home lay, Berkshire , which is often abbreviated to Berks.
With the help of German immigrant Conrad Weiser, the county was formed on March 11, 1752, from parts of Chester County, Lancaster County, and Philadelphia County. [4] It was named after the English county in which William Penn 's family home lay, Berkshire , which is often abbreviated to Berks.
In 1752, Berks County was incorporated from parts of Lancaster, Chester, and Philadelphia Counties. In 1772, Berks gave up territory for the formation of Northumberland County, and again in 1811, for the formation of Schuylkill County.
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Berks County is an urban area of 428,849 persons (2020 Census), situated in southeastern Pennsylvania. The County is a diamond–shaped area of 864 square miles. The County seat, which is the City of Reading, is 56 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
Created on March 11, 1752, from parts of Philadelphia, Chester, and Lancaster Counties, and was named for Berkshire in England. Reading, the county seat, was named for Berkshire's county town. It was incorporated as a borough on September 12, 1783 and as a city on March 16, 1847.
