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History · New Berlinville

New Berlinville’s post office opened in 1883, and 53% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1902 on, and old-book passages.

1883first post office
1on the National Register
53%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Quick answers

How New Berlinville began

When was New Berlinville founded?

1883

The New Berlinville post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,382143 years
Founding year: the first New Berlinville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about New Berlinville’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of New Berlinville’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19026 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1995. Watch New Berlinville change.
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Start New Berlinville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Berlinville’s history is told.

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Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewBarn, State Route 100 vicinity: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

New Berlinville, in brief

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

New Berlinville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Colebrookdale Township, Pennsylvania. It is located along Pennsylvania Route 100, approximately one mile northeast of the borough of Boyertown. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,368 residents.

Its first post office opened in 1883. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,368 in 2010, 1,382 in 2020.

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

On the map

New Berlinville on the map, 1902 to 1995

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

New Berlinville on the 1902 USGS mapNew Berlinville on the 1943 USGS mapNew Berlinville on the 1957 USGS mapNew Berlinville on the 1968 USGS mapNew Berlinville on the 1973 USGS mapNew Berlinville 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 New Berlinville.

From the old history books

What they wrote about New Berlinville in 1886

Passages that mention New Berlinville, cut from the printed page as they were published.

New Berlinville is a growing village, a little more than half a mile east from Boyertown, sustaining a suburban relation to that place. It was started about 1835 on the lands of Samuel Gilbert, Peter Houck and Jacob Gottschall, and was long called New Berlin, in compliment, it is said, to a worthy …
History of Berks county in Pennsylvania1886 · page 965Read the page →
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New Berlinville is a growing village, a little more than half a mile east from Boyertown, sustaining a suburban relation to that place. It was started about 1835 on the lands of Samuel Gilbert, Peter Houck and Jacob Gottschall, and was long called New Berlin, in compliment, it is said, to a worthy German orphan boy who was reared here and whose

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

New Berlinville, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Barn, State Route 100 vicinityDate?Barn, State Route 100 vicinity
Today1 recent
St. Andrew United Methodist Church2013St. Andrew United Methodist Church
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Barn, State Route 100 vicinity
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Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on New Berlinville’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in New Berlinville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
4
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to New Berlinville

Nobody well known was born in New Berlinville 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.

BoyertownIts storyA−Colebrookdale Township2 historic placesA

Questions about New Berlinville’s history

What year was New Berlinville founded?

The New Berlinville post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.