Berks County, Pennsylvania

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county county of Pennsylvania

Berks County, Pennsylvania is a largely rural-suburban county in southeastern Pennsylvania centered around the city of Reading and known for its mix of agricultural land, industrial history, and outdoor recreation.

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Berks County 2

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county ⓘ
county of Pennsylvania ⓘ
areaCode 484 ⓘ
610 ⓘ
835 ⓘ
borderedBy Chester County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
containsAirport Reading Regional Airport ⓘ
containsBorough Boyertown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Hamburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Kutztown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania ⓘ
containsCity Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
containsInstitution Kutztown University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania State University ⓘ
surface form: Penn State Berks
containsLandmark Pagoda (Reading, Pennsylvania) ⓘ
containsMountainRange Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
containsRecreationArea Blue Marsh Lake ⓘ
containsRiver Schuylkill River ⓘ
Tulpehocken Creek ⓘ
containsTownship Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Maidencreek Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
containsTrail Appalachian Trail ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
dateEstablished 1752-03-11 ⓘ
FIPSCode 42011 ⓘ
formedFrom Chester County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia County ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
GNISID 01209292 ⓘ
governingBody Berks County Board of Commissioners ⓘ
hasGovernmentType county government ⓘ
hasHistoricIndustry iron production ⓘ
railroad industry ⓘ
textile manufacturing ⓘ
knownFor agricultural land ⓘ
industrial history ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
largestCity Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
namedAfter Berkshire ⓘ
Berkshire, England ⓘ
officialWebsite https://www.countyofberks.com/ ⓘ
partOf Delaware Valley ⓘ
Reading metropolitan area ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chester County, Pennsylvania → borders → Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania → borders → Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania → borders → Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Reading, Pennsylvania → countySeatOf → Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Reading, Pennsylvania → locatedIn → Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Schuylkill River Trail → maintainedBy → Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Berks County
Schuylkill River → passesThrough → Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Berks County
Schuylkill River Trail → passesThrough → Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ