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Alsace Township, Pennsylvania

Alsace Township (pronounced "ALL-siss") is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,848 at the 2020 census.[2]

Not to be confused with Lower Alsace Township, Pennsylvania.

Alsace Township, Pennsylvania

United States

Pennsylvania

Berks

12.18 sq mi (31.54 km2)

12.15 sq mi (31.48 km2)

0.03 sq mi (0.07 km2)

840 ft (260 m)

3,848 Increase

3,849

323.35/sq mi (124.85/km2)

UTC−05:00 (EST)

UTC−04:00 (EDT)

610

42-011-02120

History[edit]

Alsace Township was established on March 3, 1745, following a petition to the Pennsylvania Court of Quarter Sessions. The township was given its name in deference to the original settlers who came from Alsace, Germany Empire in present-day France. The township's settlers were predominantly industrious farmers and millers. Large areas of land were cleared for agricultural production, streams were harnessed for milling, and churches were built for spiritual and social needs.[3]

(west)

Muhlenberg Township

(north)

Ruscombmanor Township

(east)

Oley Township

(southeast)

Exeter Township

(south)

Lower Alsace Township

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 12.2 square miles (32 km2), all land.


Adjacent townships

born in Alsace in 1813, was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862 while serving as a brigadier general in the Union Army.

Conrad Feger Jackson

born in Alsace in 1912, was a racing driver

Tommy Hinnershitz

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