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Exeter Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 25,550 as of the 2010 Census, making it the third most populous municipality in Berks County after the city of Reading and Spring Township. Daniel Boone Homestead is within its borders. Betsy King, the famous female golfer, grew up here. This formerly rural township is now made up of mostly sprawl-oriented developments along U.S. Route 422 (Perkiomen Avenue) and Route 562 (St. Lawerence Avenue/Boyertown Pike.) Its school district also contains the adjacent borough of Saint Lawrence. ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.77%) is water. It is drained by the Schuylkill River which forms its natural southern boundary. While areas closer to the river are low-lying, the NW area of the township is in the South Mountains and exceeds 250 metres (820 feet) at its highest. Adjacent townships and boroughs *Lower Alsace Township (west) *Alsace Township (north) *Oley Township (northeast) *Amity Township (east) *Robeson Township (south) *Cumru Township (southwest) *St. Lawrence (west) *Birdsboro (southeast) 422 and 562 are east-to-west routes across the township. Business Route 422 splits off 422 in western Exeter Township, runs NW to St. Lawrence where 562 ends, then turns west for Reading, while 422 becomes the West Shore Expy. Major north-to-south roads include Butter Lane, Daniel Boone Road, East Neversink Road, Limekiln Road, Schoffers Road/Stonetown Road, Shelbourne Road, West Neversink Road, and Route 345, which crosses the river from 422 in Baumstown south to Birdsboro and Chester County. Oley Turnpike heads NE across the township from 562 just east of St. Lawrence. Unincorporated communities in the township include Baumstown, Five Points (also in Alsace Township,) Jacksonwald, Limekiln (also in Oley Township,) Lorane, Neversink, Pennside (also in Lower Alsace Township,) Reiffton, Stony Creek Mills (also in Lower Alsace Township,) Stonersville, and Stonetown. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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