Maxatawny, Pennsylvania

Siegfried's Dale Farm, also known as the Rodale Research Center or Rodale Institute, is an historic, American home and farm complex that is located in Maxatawny Township, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Monterey is an unincorporated community in Maxatawny Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Monterey is located along U.S. Route 222, east of the intersection with Long Lane.

Hancock is an unincorporated community in Longswamp Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Hancock is located at the intersection of State Street and Park Avenue.

Dorney Road Landfill is a 27-acre (11 ha) municipal and industrial landfill in Upper Macungie Township and Longswamp Township, Pennsylvania that was polluted with toxic waste from 1952 to 1978. The site is surrounded by rural residences and farmland. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) added the site to the Superfund National Priorities List in 1984. The site was remediated and removed from the National Priorities List in 2018.

Topton is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,041 at the 2020 census.

Mertztown is a census-designated place in Longswamp Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is located near the borough of Topton. As of the 2010 census, the population was 664 residents.Mertztown is located in Berks County at latitude 40.506 and longitude -75.665. Its elevation is 466 feet. It appears on the United States Geological Survey map for Topton and is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC-5). The Reading Railroad which ran through Mertztown, was later acquired by Norfolk Southern as the Reading Line, and remains a heavily used railroad branch. A branch of the Catasauqua and Fogelsville Railroad once passed through the Farmington and Klines Corner section in Mertztown, but the tracks were later removed. Mertztown was founded in 1823 by Robert Mertz. The population density is .01% Black, .01% Hispanic or other, and 99.8% white. Atlas Minerals, a major mineral company, is located in Mertztown. The company, which moved to Mertztown in 1917, has been based there ever since. Mertztown is served by Brandywine Heights Area School District, which is based in Mertztown. Gateway Christian School is also located in Mertztown. The area code is 610. The Toad Creek runs east through the village from Topton into the Little Lehigh Creek.

The Berks-Lehigh Regional Police was a multi-jurisdictional police department in eastern Pennsylvania. The agency provided law enforcement services to four incorporated municipalities in Berks and Lehigh counties. In Berks County, the department served Topton, Lyons, and Maxatawny Township. In Lehigh County, Upper Macungie Township was served by the agency.

The Old Main at the Lutheran Home at Topton is the original building of the Lutheran Home that overlooks the borough of Topton in Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Hinterleiter is an unincorporated community in Maxatawny Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Hinterleiter is located at the intersection of Hinterleiter and Quarry Roads.

New Smithville is an unincorporated community in Weisenberg Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located west of the city of Allentown and near the border with Berks County. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. It is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 863 and Interstate 78/U.S. Route 22. It is split between the Breinigsville ZIP code of 18031 and the Kutztown ZIP code of 19530. It is in the Schuylkill watershed and is drained via the Mill Creek and Sacony Creek into the Maiden Creek. The New Smithville telephone exchange uses area code 610.

Longswamp is an unincorporated community in Longswamp Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Longswamp is located along State Street southeast of Topton.