Berks County

Berks County · dedicated 1982 · Courthouse, N. 6th & Court Sts., Reading

Formed March 11, 1752 from parts of Chester, Lancaster and Philadelphia counties. Named for Berkshire, England. The county seat of Reading was made a borough in 1783 and a city in 1847. County's early iron works gave rise to Pennsylvania's iron industry.

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