Birdsboro Police Department (Pennsylvania)
Birdsboro is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along the Schuylkill River southeast of Reading, Pennsylvania, Reading. As of the 2010 United States census, 2010 census, it had a population of 5,163. Birdsboro's economy had historically been rooted in large foundry, foundries and machining, machine shops, none of which remain in operation today. History Birdsboro was named for ironmaker William Bird, who established a forge on Hay Creek (Schuylkill River), Hay Creek about 1740. His son Marcus founded Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Hopewell Furnace in 1771, which was the largest domestic producer of iron by the time of the American Revolution. The Schuylkill Canal, running parallel to the river, was completed in 1827. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, constructed to haul anthracite, anthracite coal, was completed in 1843. Edward and George Brooke, descendants of the Birds, established the Birdsboro Steel, B ...
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List Of Towns And Boroughs In Pennsylvania
This is a list of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania. Listed first is the one Municipal corporation, incorporated Local government in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, town in Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg. Despite being officially recognized as a town, it is subject to the Pennsylvania Borough Code. A list of all 956 Local government in Pennsylvania#Borough, boroughs incorporated in the state under the Borough Code follows. Boroughs and towns are subject to the Borough Code, and, unlike other forms of incorporated municipalities in Pennsylvania, are not classified according to population. Boroughs designated in the table below with a dagger (†) are Home rule municipality (Pennsylvania), home rule municipalities and are also found in the List of Pennsylvania municipalities and counties with home rule charters, optional charters, or optional plans. The state classifies these as boroughs for certain purposes, even though they do not operate under the Borough Code in Pennsylvania Law and may n ...
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