Monocacy Station is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

that is located in Amity Township in

Berks County, Pennsylvania Berks County ( Pennsylvania German: ''Barricks Kaundi'') is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 428,849. The county seat is Reading. The Schuylkill River, a tributary of the Delaware Ri ...

, United States.

History and geography

This community takes its name from Monocacy Creek, which is a Native American name purported to mean "stream with several big bends". Monocacy Station is located on North Main Street to the north of the

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and east of Birdsboro. Monocacy Station previously had a

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with a ZIP code of 19542; however, this ZIP code was retired in 2016 and the community is now served by the Douglassville ZIP code of 19518.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Berks County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania placenames of Native American origin