Bethel is a

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in Bethel Township, Berks County,

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, United States. It is located at the junction of

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/ U.S. Route 22 and

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. It is in the Susquehanna watershed and drained southward into the

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. Its area code is 717. As of the 2010 census, the population was 499.https://www.census.gov/# Bethel was the original location that

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was going to build their new location before they decided to build it in

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. It is the home to the international headquarters of the

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, to several small town business shops, and to a large distribution center for

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and PetSmart, which can be seen while driving down Interstate 78.

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