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Boyertown is a Borough in Berks County.
Boyertown is a borough in Pennsylvania, United States. Boyertown’s
history goes back more than a century before the war for independence.
As early as 1601, the acres compromising the present day town were part
of a grant given to Thomas Baylor in Bristol, England. At that time, the
area’s rolling hills were covered with virgin timber the likes of which
are known only by records settlers kept. The population was 3,940 at
the 2000 census. As early as 1851, a petition for incorporation has
been drafted, signed by 13 residents, and sent to the county courts
where it was rejected. The residents appealed again in April 1866. Not
everyone was in favor of the incorporation. Fearing higher taxes would
result to benefit only the town officials, ten members of the opposition
drafted a letter of protest which was filed on August 6, 1866.
Disregarding the protest, the Grand Jury granted the town’s request for
incorporation on October 20, 1866. Finally the citizens of Boyertown
could conduct their own affairs, including free schools.
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