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Robesonia in Berks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Robesonia

 
 
Robesonia Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Pope, May 27, 2023
1. Robesonia Marker
Inscription.
Robesonia
Named for early settler
Henry P. Robeson
Founded
1855

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1855.
 
Location. 40° 21.324′ N, 76° 8.823′ W. Marker is in Robesonia, Pennsylvania, in Berks County. It is on West Penn Avenue (U.S. 422) east of Tulpehocken Forge Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 548 West Penn Avenue, Robesonia PA 19551, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Robesonia (approx. one mile away); Robesonia Furnace
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(approx. one mile away); Is this Weiser's House? (approx. 1.3 miles away); Home of Conrad Weiser, 1729-1760 (approx. 1.3 miles away); Tulpehocken Path (approx. 1.3 miles away); Home and Grave of Conrad Weiser (approx. 1.3 miles away); Conrad Weiser (approx. 1.4 miles away); Womelsdorf (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Robesonia.
 
More about this marker. Marker is partially obscured by a tree and is slightly twisted away from the street.
 
Robesonia Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Pope, May 27, 2023
2. Robesonia Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 1, 2023, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 237 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 1, 2023, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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