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We would like to provide the residents of  Douglassville  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Douglassville Home page. The Douglassville Home page provides as much information as possible on Douglassville. Knowing Douglassville’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Douglassville’s Home page, you will also find Douglassville’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Douglassville has a population of 439. 29.4% of Douglassville’s inhabitants are Male, and 70.6 are female. 45.1% of Douglassville is married and 10.5% own their own home. Household median income in Douglassville is $29,884, and the individual median income is $29,186. Douglassville’s Ethnic is the following: White(100%), Hispanic(7.5%).


Swedish pioneers were the first European settlers in present Berks County on land granted by William Penn. Swedish Lutheran Minister Andreas Rudman secured an order from William Penn on October 21, 1701 setting aside 10,000 acres (40 km2) up the Schuylkill, near Manatawny Creek, for members of his congregation.


The boundaries of Amity Township are almost identical to the boundaries of the original area known as Swedes' tract. Morlatton Village, an early settlement which became part of what is now Douglassville, was Berks County's first settlement site along the Schuylkill River. The settlement later became the location of Old St.


Gabriel's Episcopal Church or Old Swedes, founded in 1720 as the oldest church in Berks County. The site also included the Mouns Jones House, built by Swedish settlers in 1716. The house is the oldest documented dwelling in Berks County.


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