Moselem Springs 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 ...

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 is located at the

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junction of

Pennsylvania Route 662 Pennsylvania Route 662 (PA 662) is a state highway located in Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 422 (US 422) in Douglassville and its northern terminus is at PA 61 in Shoemakersville. The route is ...

(Moselem Springs Road) and U.S. Highway 222 in Richmond Township. Buildings in the area include the Richmond Township Municipal Building,

Lehigh Valley Health Network Lehigh Valley Health Network is a subsidiary of Jefferson Health. Prior to its August 2024 merger of equals with Jefferson Health, Lehigh Valley Health Network was an independent healthcare network based in the Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Le ...

's Health Center at Moselem Springs in a historic inn constructed circa 1852, and the former Richmond Elementary School. The place name comes from the ''Unami-Len'api'' term ''Masch'il'am'ek'', which means "trout." In ''Minsi-Len'api'' "trout" is ''Mesch'ila'meek''.Zeisberger, David. ''Indian Dictionary: English, German, Iroquois—The Onondaga and Algonquin—The Delaware''. Harvard University Press, 1887. , p. 205. “The Delaware” that Zeisberger translated was Minsi-Len’api.

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* {{authority control Unincorporated communities in Berks County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania