Rehrersburg is a
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
in
Tulpehocken Township in northwestern
Berks County
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 River ...
,
Pennsylvania
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, United States, near
Pennsylvania Route 419
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. The community was founded on April 4, 1803, by John Jacob Rehrer. Residents celebrated the town's
bicentennial __NOTOC__
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*French Revolution bicentennial, commemorating the 200th anniversary of 14 July 1789 uprising, celebrated ...
on Saturday, September 20, 2003. As of the
2010 census, the population was 319 residents.
[https://www.census.gov/# ]
In 1818, the sixth post office in the county opened in Rehrersburg. Rehrersburg's
ZIP code is 19550.
John Jacob Rehrer was the son of Johan Gottfried Rehrer and Maria Magdalena (Etschberger) Rehrer. Many descendants of the Rehrer family still reside in Rehrersburg.
Demographics
See also
*
South Mountain Railroad
References
The Historical Society of Berks County- Archived Issues of News Bits
External links
*
The Historical Society of Berks County
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Census-designated places in Berks County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania