Assisted Living in Pottstown, PA

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Facts about Pottstown

Pottstown is also known as: Montgomery County / Pottstown borough.

Pottstown has been featured in movies like: Stake Land (2010).

And some of the notable people born here have been: Aaron Beasley (american football player), Rian Wallace (american football player), Jack Deloplaine (american football player), Don Strock (american football player and coach), and Todd Hallowell (film producer and production designer).

And featured attractions of Pottstown: Antonelli Medical and Professional Institute, Montgomery County Community College-West Campus, Henry Antes House, Warwick County Park, and High Street Historic District.

Not to be confused with Pottsville, PennsylvaniaPottstown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States about 32 miles (55 km) northwest of Philadelphia and 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Reading, on the Schuylkill River. Pottstown was laid out in 1752-53 and named Pottsgrove in honor of its founder, John Potts. The old name was abandoned at the time of the incorporation as a borough in 1815. In 1888, the limits of the borough were considerably extended. Pottstown is the center of a productive farming and dairying region.In the past, its iron and steel interests were very extensive. There were large rolling mills, furnaces, nail works, textile mills, bridge works, agricultural-implement works, boiler and machine shops, foundries, and manufactories of bricks, silks, shirts, hosiery, etc. In 1900, 13,696 people lived there; in 1910, 15,599; in 1920, 17,431; and in 1940, 20,194 people lived there. The population was 22,377 at the 2010 census.Pottstown is not to be confused with Pottsville, a city in Schuylkill County well known for being the home of the Yuengling brewery.

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