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History · Amity Gardens

Half of Amity Gardens’ homes were built after 1977

Most of Amity Gardens was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1902 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
0.9%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Amity Gardens’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Amity Gardens are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19026 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1995. Watch Amity Gardens change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Amity Gardens’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Amity Gardens on the map, 1902 to 1995

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Amity Gardens. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Amity Gardens on the 1902 USGS mapAmity Gardens on the 1943 USGS mapAmity Gardens on the 1957 USGS mapAmity Gardens on the 1968 USGS mapAmity Gardens on the 1973 USGS mapAmity Gardens on the 1995 USGS map1902Boyertown sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Amity Gardens.

The story so far

Amity Gardens, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Amity Gardens yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Amity Gardens is a census-designated place (CDP) in Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a total population of 3,715. The town lends its name to a Fountains of Wayne song.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,402 to 3,715 (+9%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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People over time

Amity Gardens, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,00020002020Peak: 3,715

Between 3,370 and 3,715 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Amity Gardens’ Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Amity Gardens

Nobody well known was born in Amity Gardens itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Carl Andrew SpaatzUnited States Air Force general · b. 1891
Loren GrayAmerican singer, social media personality, and … · b. 2002
Daryl HallAmerican musician · b. 1946
Nicole BarnhartAmerican soccer player · b. 1981
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Steve BurnsAmerican actor · b. 1973
Gerard HallockAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1905
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Douglassville4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.