Reading, Pennsylvania

E34264
city county seat

Reading, Pennsylvania is a historic city in southeastern Pennsylvania known for its industrial heritage, location along the Schuylkill River, and role as a regional cultural and transportation hub.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Reading, Pennsylvania canonical 86
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States 9
City of Reading, Pennsylvania 5

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
areaCode 484 ⓘ
610 ⓘ
835 ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countySeatOf Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
distanceFrom approximately 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia ⓘ
elevation approximately 280 feet ⓘ
foundedIn 1748 ⓘ
governingBody Reading City Council ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Berks Arts Council ⓘ
Reading Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
hasInstitution Albright College ⓘ
Alvernia University ⓘ
Reading Area Community College ⓘ
hasLandmark FirstEnergy Stadium (Reading) ⓘ
GoggleWorks Center for the Arts ⓘ
Pagoda on Mount Penn ⓘ
Reading Pagoda ⓘ
Reading Public Museum ⓘ
Santander Arena ⓘ
hasSportsTeam Reading Fightin Phils ⓘ
Reading Royals ⓘ
incorporatedAsBoroughIn 1783 ⓘ
incorporatedAsCityIn 1847 ⓘ
knownFor industrial heritage ⓘ
iron and steel production history ⓘ
outlet shopping ⓘ
railroad history ⓘ
regional cultural institutions ⓘ
textile manufacturing history ⓘ
transportation hub role ⓘ
locatedIn Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Schuylkill River ⓘ
majorHighway Pennsylvania Route 12 ⓘ
U.S. Route 222 ⓘ
U.S. Route 422 ⓘ
metropolitanArea Reading metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Reading metropolitan statistical area
namedAfter Reading, Berkshire, England ⓘ
partOf Delaware Valley ⓘ
surface form: Delaware Valley region (broadly defined)

Greater Reading area ⓘ
population approximately 95,000 ⓘ
postalCodeRange 19601–19612 ⓘ
region Delaware Valley ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern Pennsylvania
servedByRailroadHistorically Reading Company ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (109)

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Schuylkill River Trail → connectsTo → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Schuylkill River → cityOnRiver → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Clark Kerr → placeOfBirth → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Reading Company → headquartersLocation → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Berks County, Pennsylvania → countySeat → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Berks County, Pennsylvania → largestCity → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Berks County, Pennsylvania → containsCity → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pottsville, Pennsylvania → hasNearbyCity → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Taylor Swift → placeOfBirth → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania → metropolitanArea → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reading, Pennsylvania metropolitan area
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania → isSuburbOf → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania → borders → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Lenny Moore → placeOfBirth → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Agere Systems → hadRAndDCenter → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Keith Haring → placeOfBirth → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
John Updike → placeOfBirth → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Reading Borough Council → governs → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: town of Reading
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company → headquartersLocation → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company → namedAfter → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Reading Railroad → headquartersLocation → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Reading Railroad → majorHub → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Wallace Stevens → placeOfBirth → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad → servedCity → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania → near → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania → locatedNear → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania → adjacentTo → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Reading, Pennsylvania
Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania → locatedNorthOf → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania → borderedBy → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania → isSuburbOf → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania → isSuburbanOf → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania → adjacentTo → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Reading, Pennsylvania
Maidencreek Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania → isNear → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania → locatedNear → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pagoda (Reading, Pennsylvania) → locatedIn → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pagoda (Reading, Pennsylvania) → overlooks → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading Regional Airport → locatedIn → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Reading Regional Airport → serves → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading Regional Airport → nearCity → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Reading metropolitan area → coreCity → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Reading metropolitan area → contains → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Reading metropolitan area → abbreviation → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reading, PA MSA
Reading metropolitan area → hasCentralCity → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Reading metropolitan area → namedAfter → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Tulpehocken Creek → mouthLocation → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Tulpehocken Creek → flowsThrough → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Tulpehocken Creek → hasNearbyCity → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Alvernia University → city → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Blue Marsh Lake → locatedNear → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Kutztown, Pennsylvania → locatedNear → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Albright College → city → Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ