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Gibraltar, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
The Allegheny Aqueduct
Gibraltar
Coordinates: 40°17′03″N 75°52′19″W / 40.28417°N 75.87194°W / 40.28417; -75.87194
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Berks
Township	Robeson
Area
• Total	1.24 sq mi (3.20 km)
• Land	1.18 sq mi (3.04 km)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.16 km)
Elevation	200 ft (60 m)
Population
• Total	721
• Density	613.10/sq mi (236.80/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	19508
Area code(s)	610 & 484
GNIS feature ID	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. 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.

Demographics

History

The town is named after Gibraltar, which is south of Spain. 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.

Education

The school district is Twin Valley School District.

Twin Valley Middle School and Twin Valley High School are in Caernarvon Township, Berks County, and have Elverson postal addresses.

Notes

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
3. "Gibraltar PA ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
4. ^ "Gibraltar, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
5. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
7. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 137.
8. Montgomery, Morton. Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals. p. 890.
9. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Berks County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-20. - Text list
10. "Mapping > Caernarvon Township" (PDF). Berks County, Pennsylvania. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2022-07-21. - Profile page Archived 2022-07-21 at the Wayback Machine - Compare to the address. The zoning map published by the township.
11. "Home". Twin Valley High School. Retrieved 2022-07-21. 4897 N. Twin Valley Rd., Elverson PA 19520
12. "Home". Twin Valley Middle School. Retrieved 2022-07-21. 770 Clymer Hill Rd., Elverson PA 19520

v t e Municipalities and communities of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Reading
City	Reading
Boroughs	Adamstown‡ Bally Bechtelsville Bernville Birdsboro Boyertown Centerport Fleetwood Hamburg Kenhorst Kutztown Laureldale Leesport Lenhartsville Lyons Mohnton Mount Penn New Morgan Robesonia St. Lawrence Shillington Shoemakersville Sinking Spring Topton Wernersville West Reading Womelsdorf Wyomissing
Townships	Albany Alsace Amity Bern Bethel Brecknock Caernarvon Centre Colebrookdale Cumru District Douglass Earl Exeter Greenwich Heidelberg Hereford Jefferson Longswamp Lower Alsace Lower Heidelberg Maidencreek Marion Maxatawny Muhlenberg North Heidelberg Oley Ontelaunee Penn Perry Pike Richmond Robeson Rockland Ruscombmanor South Heidelberg Spring Tilden Tulpehocken Union Upper Bern Upper Tulpehocken Washington Windsor
CDPs	Alleghenyville Alsace Manor Amity Gardens Baumstown Bethel Blandon Bowers Colony Park Dauberville Douglassville Dryville Edenburg Flying Hills Fox Chase Frystown Gibraltar Gouglersville Greenfields Grill Hereford Hyde Park Jacksonwald Kempton Kutztown University Lincoln Park Lorane Maxatawny Mertztown Mohrsville Montrose Manor Morgantown‡ Mount Aetna Muhlenberg Park New Berlinville New Jerusalem New Schaefferstown Oley Penn State Berks Pennside Pennwyn Rehrersburg Reiffton Riverview Park Schubert Shartlesville South Temple Spring Ridge Springmont Stony Creek Mills Stouchsburg Strausstown Temple Virginville Walnuttown West Hamburg West Lawn West Wyomissing Whitfield
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Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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• Census-designated places in Berks County, Pennsylvania
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