Pottstown, Pennsylvania

E97188
borough municipality

Pottstown, Pennsylvania is a historic borough in southeastern Pennsylvania known for its industrial heritage and location northwest of Philadelphia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Pottstown 1
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf borough ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 484 ⓘ
610 ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Montgomery County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
FIPSCode 42-62480 ⓘ
founded 1752 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 1184397 ⓘ
governmentType borough council ⓘ
hasCommunityCollegeCampus Montgomery County Community College ⓘ
surface form: Montgomery County Community College West Campus
hasCulturalAttraction Steel River Playhouse ⓘ
hasEconomySector light manufacturing ⓘ
retail ⓘ
services ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Pottstown School District ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Pottstown Historic District ⓘ
hasHistoricSignificance industrial development in southeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Pottsgrove Manor ⓘ
hasIndustrialHeritage iron industry ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
hasLocalTransit Pottstown Area Rapid Transit ⓘ
hasNearbyMilitaryInstallation Former Pottstown Limerick Generating Station vicinity ⓘ
hasPark Memorial Park (Pottstown) ⓘ
hasPublicTransitConnection Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority bus service
hasRailHistory Reading Railroad ⓘ
hasRiverfront Schuylkill River ⓘ
hasTransportationCorridor Pennsylvania Route 100 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 422 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith iron production ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
isHistoricBorough true ⓘ
locatedAlong Schuylkill River Trail ⓘ
locatedIn Southeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: southeastern Pennsylvania
locatedInMetropolitanArea Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedNorthwestOf Philadelphia ⓘ
locatedOn Schuylkill River ⓘ
namedAfter John Potts ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
partOf Delaware Valley ⓘ
postalCode 19464 ⓘ
region Schuylkill Valley ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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

Schuylkill River → cityOnRiver → Pottstown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania → contains → Pottstown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pottstown
The Hill School → locatedIn → Pottstown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Buck Weaver → placeOfBirth → Pottstown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States