Shillington, Pennsylvania Shillington, Pennsylvania Location of Shillington in Pennsylvania Location of Pennsylvania in the United States Shillington is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States with a populace of 5,273 at the 2010 census nestled amongst other suburbs outside Reading.
Shillington began in 1860 as part of Cumru Township, when small-town landowner and borough namesake Samuel Shilling sold some of his lots for residences.
On August 18, 1908, the Quarter Session Court officially incorporated the borough of Shillington as a separate municipality from Cumru Township with a populace of 450. Later that year Shillington propel its first official, Adam Rollman, as chief burgess.
Updike's first novel, The Poorhouse Fair, is set in a fictional building based on Shillington's poorhouse. Angelica Farm was also the historical home of Thomas Mifflin, the first governor of Pennsylvania and 11th President of the Continental Congress.
Shillington borough is home to Governor Mifflin School District.
Within the Shillington borough there are 5 schools: Governor Mifflin Senior High School, Governor Mifflin Middle School, Governor Mifflin Intermediate School, Cumru Elementary School, and Mifflin Park Elementary.
Thomas Mifflin, First Governor of Pennsylvania Shillington is positioned at 40 18 16 N 75 58 1 W (40.304342, -75.966855). It is situated in southeastern Pennsylvania, adjoining to Reading, the county seat, and about 60 miles (97 km) northwest of Philadelphia.
Cumru Township largely surrounds Shillington, except for the border with Wyomissing in the northwest.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 0.97 square miles (2.5 km2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km2), or 0.57%, is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 5,059 citizens , 2,238 homeholds, and 1,405 families residing in the borough.
The ethnic makeup of the borough was 97.11% White, 0.49% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.53% Asian, 0.75% from other competitions, and 1.01% from two or more competitions.
In the borough the populace was spread out, with 21.5% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the borough was $43,833, and the median income for a family was $52,500.
About 2.2% of families and 3.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 5.3% of those age 65 or over.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Shillington borough, Pennsylvania".
"Shillington Borough History".
Borough of Shillington.
"Pennsylvania Poorhouse History by county: Berks".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
Shillington Borough (PDF).
Borough of Shillington official website Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shillington, Pennsylvania.
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