Official Name: | Oley, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Oley |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Berks |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Oley |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3.22 |
Area Land Km2: | 3.18 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.04 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.24 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.23 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 1244 |
Population Density Km2: | 391.32 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1013.85 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 443 |
Coordinates: | 40.3875°N -75.7897°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 19547 |
Area Code: | 610 and 484 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1198264 |
Oley, also called Friedensburg, is a census-designated place (CDP) that is located on Routes 73 and 662 in northern Oley Township, Berks County, United States.
A post office named Oley Furnace was established in 1828 and renamed as Oley in 1836.[4] The community took its name from Oley Township.[5]
The entire township is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Little Manatawny Creek flows southeastward through Oley into the Manatawny Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River.
The Berks Career and Technology Center has a campus in Oley that serves eastern Berks County. Oley Valley High School and the Reading Motorcycle Club are also located in Oley.
As of the 2010 census,[6] the population was 1,282 residents. By 2020, it had declined modestly to 1,244.[7]