Official Name: | Gibraltar, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania |
Pushpin Label: | Gibraltar |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Berks |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Robeson |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
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 Footnotes: | [2] |
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 |
Elevation Ft: | 200 |
Coordinates: | 40.2842°N -75.8719°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 19508[3] |
Area Code: | 610 & 484 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1175586 |
Gibraltar is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Robeson Township in southern Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its population was 680 as of the 2010 census.[4] 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.
The town is named after Gibraltar, which is south of Spain.[5] 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. [6]
The school district is Twin Valley School District.[7]
Twin Valley Middle School and Twin Valley High School are in Caernarvon Township, Berks County, and have Elverson postal addresses.[8] [9] [10]