Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Exeter Township
Official seal of Exeter Township
Location of Exeter Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania (left) and of Berks County in Pennsylvania (right)
Location of Exeter Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania (left) and of Berks County in Pennsylvania (right)
Exeter Township is located in Pennsylvania
Exeter Township
Exeter Township
Location of Exeter Township in Pennsylvania
Exeter Township is located in the United States
Exeter Township
Exeter Township
Exeter Township (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°18′48″N 75°51′12″W / 40.31333°N 75.85333°W / 40.31333; -75.85333
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyBerks
Area
 • Total
24.59 sq mi (63.69 km2)
 • Land24.26 sq mi (62.83 km2)
 • Water0.33 sq mi (0.85 km2)
Elevation
279 ft (85 m)
Population
 • Total
25,500 Decrease
 • Estimate 
(2021)[2]
25,483
 • Density1,063.36/sq mi (410.57/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes610
Website[1]
John Bishop House
Boonecroft, home of the grandfather of Daniel Boone
Exeter Friends Meeting House in Exeter Township where the ancestors of Daniel Boone and Abraham Lincoln were mutual Quaker church members
Levan Farmhouse
Mordecai Lincoln House, the home of the great-great grandfather of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
Mill Tract Farm
Snyder Mill

Exeter Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 25,500 as of the 2020 census,[2] making it the third-most populous municipality in Berks County after the city of Reading and Spring Township. Daniel Boone Homestead is within its borders. This formerly rural township is now made up of mostly sprawl-oriented developments along U.S. Route 422 (Perkiomen Avenue) and Route 562 (St. Lawrence Avenue/Boyertown Pike).

  1. ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 9, 2022. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)