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

Thomas Mifflin

Photographed by Dominic Deeble, January 23, 2015

1. Thomas Mifflin Marker

Inscription. Member of the Continental Congress, a Revolutionary soldier, first Pennsylvania governor, 1790-99, lived at his estate Angelica from 1774 to 1794. The Berks County Farm and Home now occupies the site.

Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Colonial Era • Government & Politics • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1774.

Location. 40° 18.422′ N, 75° 57.562′ W. Marker is in Shillington, Pennsylvania, in Berks County. It is at the intersection of East Lancaster Avenue (US 222) and Mifflin Blvd. on East Lancaster Avenue (US 222). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Reading PA 19607, 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: John Updike (approx. 0.4 miles away); Shillington Veterans of War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Kenhorst (approx. 0.9 miles away); Shillington (approx. 1.2 miles away); Soldiers and Sailors Monument (approx. 1.2 miles away); Mohnton

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(approx. 1.4 miles away); Reading Public Museum Wetland (approx. 1½ miles away); The Arboretum at the Reading Public Museum (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shillington.

Also see . . .
1. Thomas Mifflin - Wikipedia. (Submitted on June 19, 2015, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)
2. MarkerQuest - Thomas Mifflin. Further information and images relating to the life of Pennsylvania's first governor. (Submitted on June 17, 2020, by Laura Klotz of Northampton, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 14, 2015

2. Thomas Mifflin Marker

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 14, 2015

3. Thomas Mifflin Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 18, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,048 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 15, 2015, by Carolyn Martienssen of West Hazleton, Pennsylvania. 2, 3. submitted on June 18, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.