Gibraltar, Pennsylvania
{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}
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|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Pennsylvania
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Berks
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Robeson
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|area_total_km2 = 3.20
|area_land_km2 = 3.04
|area_water_km2 = 0.16
|area_total_sq_mi = 1.24
|area_land_sq_mi = 1.18
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.06
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 721
|population_density_km2 = 236.80
|population_density_sq_mi = 613.10
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|postal_code = 19508{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/19508|title=Gibraltar PA ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=June 27, 2023}}
|area_code = 610 & 484
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Gibraltar is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Robeson Township in southern Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.{{cite gnis|1175586|Gibraltar, Pennsylvania}} Its population was 680 as of the 2010 census.{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2011-05-14 |title=U.S. Census website }} The community is four miles from Birdsboro and 6.4 miles from downtown Reading. It is served by the Twin Valley School District and is across the Schuylkill River from Exeter.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|2020= 721
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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History
The town is named after Gibraltar, which is south of Spain.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n136 137]}}
In the mid-18th Century, prior to being named Gibraltar, the place was known as Seideltown. Descendants of Ernst Seidel (an emigrant from Sweden) operated ironworks (forges) in that area.{{cite book |last1=Montgomery |first1=Morton |title=Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals |page=890}}
Education
The school district is Twin Valley School District.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42011_berks/DC20SD_C42011.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Berks County, PA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-07-20}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42011_berks/DC20SD_C42011_SD2MS.txt Text list]
Twin Valley Middle School and Twin Valley High School are in Caernarvon Township, Berks County, and have Elverson postal addresses.{{cite web|url=https://www.co.berks.pa.us/Dept/Mapping/Documents/pdf/municipalities/caernarvon2.pdf|title=Mapping > Caernarvon Township|publisher=Berks County, Pennsylvania|accessdate=2022-07-21|archive-date=2021-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207091442/https://www.co.berks.pa.us/Dept/Mapping/Documents/pdf/municipalities/caernarvon2.pdf|url-status=dead}} - [https://www.co.berks.pa.us/Dept/Mapping/Pages/CaernarvonTownship.aspx Profile page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721062019/https://www.co.berks.pa.us/Dept/Mapping/Pages/CaernarvonTownship.aspx |date=2022-07-21 }} - Compare to the address. [http://www.caernarvon.org/maps/zoning%20map.pdf The zoning map published by the township].{{cite web|url=https://tvhs.tvsd.org/|title=Home|publisher=Twin Valley High School|accessdate=2022-07-21|quote=4897 N. Twin Valley Rd., Elverson PA 19520 }}{{cite web|url=https://tvms.tvsd.org/|title=Home|publisher=Twin Valley Middle School|accessdate=2022-07-21|quote=770 Clymer Hill Rd., Elverson PA 19520}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Berks County, Pennsylvania