Drehersville 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 ...
on the
Little Schuylkill River
The Little Schuylkill River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Schuylkill River in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
It rises south of McAdoo H ...
and the northwestern foot of
Blue Mountain in
East Brunswick Township and
West Brunswick Township in
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County (, ; Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: Schulkill 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 ...
.
Route 895 passes through Drehersville, which serves as a western gateway for
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary is a wild bird sanctuary in Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Albany Township and East Brunswick Township, Pennsylvania, East Brunswick Township, located along the Appalachian flyway in eastern Pennsylvania. T ...
. It is pronounced "DRAY-herz-vil" or occasionally "DRAIRZ-vil."
Drehersville is split between the New Ringgold and Orwigsburg post offices with the
ZIP Codes of 17960 and 17961, respectively. It is served by the
Blue Mountain School District.
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Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania