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Oley, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 40°23′15″N 75°47′23″W / 40.38750°N 75.78972°W / 40.38750; -75.78972
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Berks
Township	Oley
Area
• Total	1.24 sq mi (3.22 km)
• Land	1.23 sq mi (3.18 km)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.04 km)
Elevation	443 ft (135 m)
Population
• Total	1,244
• Density	1,013.85/sq mi (391.32/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	19547
Area code(s)	610 and 484
GNIS feature ID	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.

The ZIP code is 19547.

History

A post office named Oley Furnace was established in 1828 and renamed as Oley in 1836. The community took its name from Oley Township.

The entire township is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography and other notable features

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.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,282 residents. By 2020, it had declined modestly to 1,244.

Notable people

• Daniel Boone, American pioneer, frontiersman, and folk hero
• Tommy Hinnershitz, sprint car racer

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
3. "Oley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
4. "Oley, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
5. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS – Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
6. "Berks County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
7. "Some peculiar post office names in Berks". Reading Eagle. November 27, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
8. https://www.census.gov/#
9. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
10. "Hinnershitz, Tommy – Historic – 2003 Inductees". Motorsports Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 6, 2020.

v t e Places adjacent to Oley, Pennsylvania
Breezy Corner, Pricetown Oley Furnace Lobachsville Basket, Alsace Manor Oley Pleasantville Five Points, Stony Creek Mills Limekiln, Yellow House Spangsville

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
Other communities	Albany Amityville Barto Basket Beckersville Berne Boyers Junction Breezy Corner Brownsville Cacoosing Chapel‡ Clayton Dale Earlville Dreibelbis Eagle Point Eckville Eshbach Evansville Five Points Fredericksville Fritztown Geigertown Greenawald Green Hills Grimville Hancock Harlem Henningsville Hinterleiter Host Huffs Church Jalappa Joanna Joanna Heights Kempville Kirbyville Klinesville Knauers Krumsville Kulptown Landis Store Leinbachs Limekiln Lobachsville Longswamp Maiden Creek Manatawny Maple Grove Molltown Monocacy Station Montello Monterey Morysville Moselem Moselem Springs New Hensingersville Pikeville Pine Forge Pleasant Valley Pleasantville Plowville Pricetown Quaker City Rittenhouse Gap Sally Ann Scarlets Mill Seisholtzville State Hill Stony Run Trexler Tuckerton Unionville Vinemont Weavertown Windsor Castle Wintersville Woodchoppertown Wyomissing Hills Yellow House
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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