Mohnton is a

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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. It had a population of 2,927 in the 2020 census.

History

The earliest post office in Mohnton was called Mohn's Store. A post office was established at Mohn's Store in 1857, the post office was renamed Mohnton in 1906, and it remains in operation.

Geography

Mohnton is located in southern Berks County at (40.286242, -75.985936), part of the contiguous urban area surrounding the city of

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. It is bordered on all sides by Cumru Township, including the unincorporated community of Pennwyn on the borough's eastern border. The borough of Shillington is to the northeast.

Wyomissing Creek Wyomissing Creek 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 Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It joins the Schuylkil ...

flows through the center of Mohnton. According to the

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, Mohnton has a total area of , of which , or 0.63%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,963 people, 1,211 households, and 842 families living in the borough. The population density was . There were 1,259 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 96.79%

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, 1.11%

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, 0.07% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 0.88% from other races, and 0.71% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.69% of the population. There were 1,211 households, out of which 35.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.8% were

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living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.95. In the borough the population was spread out, with 25.6% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 89.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.7 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $41,429, and the median income for a family was $56,174. Males had a median income of $40,037 versus $25,266 for females. The

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for the borough was $21,268. About 3.2% of families and 4.9% of the population were below the

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, including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.

Sports

Maple Grove Raceway Maple Grove Raceway is a quarter-mile dragstrip located near Mohnton, Pennsylvania, just outside Reading. It opened in 1962 as a 1/5-mile dragstrip. It was eventually lengthened to its current quarter-mile length in 1964. The track has been san ...

located south of Mohnton in Brecknock Township, hosts the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series' Keystone Nationals.

Notable person

* Matt Swarmer (born 1993), MLB pitcher *

John N. Wenrich John N. Wenrich (January 29, 1917 in Mohnton, Berks County, Pennsylvania – April 21, 2011 in Wyomissing) was a 20th-century American artist of the " Pennsylvania Impressionism" style. Wenrich graduated from the Mohnton High School in 1934 and w ...

(1917–2011), American artist

Transportation

As of 2007, there were of public roads in Mohnton, of which were maintained by the

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(PennDOT) and were maintained by the borough. No numbered highways pass through Mohnton. The main thoroughfares through the borough include Wyomissing Avenue and Church Street, which intersect near the center of town.

References

External links

Borough of Mohnton official website
{{authority control Populated places established in 1846 Boroughs in Berks County, Pennsylvania 1846 establishments in Pennsylvania