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History · Fox Chase

12% of Fox Chase’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1894 on.

0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Fox Chase’s 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 Fox Chase are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18948 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1999. Watch Fox Chase change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fox Chase’s history is told.

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On the map

Fox Chase on the map, 1894 to 1999

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

Fox Chase on the 1894 USGS mapFox Chase on the 1913 USGS mapFox Chase on the 1944 USGS mapFox Chase on the 1956 USGS mapFox Chase on the 1968 USGS mapFox Chase on the 1978 USGS mapFox Chase on the 1983 USGS mapFox Chase on the 1999 USGS map1894Reading 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 Fox Chase.

The story so far

Fox Chase, in brief

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

Fox Chase is a census-designated place in Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located approximately four miles north of the city of Reading along the Schuylkill River. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,622 residents.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,622 in 2010, 1,600 in 2020.

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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Riverview ParkIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBern Township2 historic placesA−Muhlenberg TownshipIts storyC+

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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. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.