Sassamansville, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:Sassamansville, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania
Pushpin Label:Sassamansville
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Montgomery
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Douglass and New Hanover
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:351
Coordinates:40.3419°N -75.5722°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:19472
Area Code:610 and 484
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1186995

Sassamansville (SAS-a-minz-vil) is an unincorporated community in northwestern Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States on Hoffmansville Road, approximately 1 1/2 miles northwest of Route 663.

It is served by the Boyertown Area School District.

History

The community is home to The Bauman Family fruit butter factory.

Geography

This community is located mainly in New Hanover Township, but is also partly in Douglass Township. It is drained by the Swamp Creek into the Perkiomen Creek. The Sassamansville telephone exchange uses area code 610.

While the village has its own box post office with the zip code of 19472, portions of Sassamansville are served by the Barto, Gilbertsville, and Perkiomenville post offices with zip codes of 19504, 19525, and 18074, respectively.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 19472 ZIP Code Profile, Map, Data & Demographics .