Stouchsburg is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
, and a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
, located in extreme western
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Berks County (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Barricks Kaundi'') is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the coun ...
, United States. As of the
2010 census, it had a population of 600. It is just off
U.S. Route 422 along Main St. in
Marion Township, and is served by the
Conrad Weiser Area School District. The community is located three miles northwest of
Womelsdorf and four miles east of
Myerstown.
Historic places
The
Peter Spicker House and
Stouchsburg Historic District are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
.
Notable person
*
G. Gilbert Snyder, local author and broadcaster
References
Populated places in Berks County, Pennsylvania
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