Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

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Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania is a rural municipality in southeastern Pennsylvania known for its historic farms, scenic landscapes, and well-preserved colonial-era architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
township
adjacentTo Lower Alsace Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
surface form: Alsace Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

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architectureStyle Federal architecture
Georgian architecture
Pennsylvania German vernacular architecture
areaCode 484
610
character predominantly rural
contains Oley Historic District
Oley, Pennsylvania
country United States of America
county Berks County, Pennsylvania
crossedBy Pennsylvania Route 662
Pennsylvania Route 73
daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
drainageBasin Schuylkill River
surface form: Schuylkill River watershed
governmentType township of the second class
hasFeature bank barns
historic stone farmhouses
open farmland
wooded hills
hasLandmark Oley Valley Feed Mill
Oley Valley Mennonite Meetinghouse
historic farmsteads
historicDistrictDesignation Oley Historic District
surface form: Oley Township Historic District
knownFor historic farms
scenic rural landscapes
well-preserved colonial-era architecture
landUse agricultural
listedOn National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn Southeastern Pennsylvania
surface form: southeastern Pennsylvania
NRHPListingYear 1983
NRHPType historic district
partOf Reading metropolitan area
postalCode 19547
preservationStatus one of the best-preserved rural German-American farming communities in the United States
region Oley Valley
settled 18th century
settledBy English settlers
German immigrants
Swiss immigrants
state Pennsylvania
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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Berks County, Pennsylvania containsTownship Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania adjacentTo Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania borders Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania