Douglassville Pennsylvania Map

About Douglassville, Pennsylvania

Douglassville is a locality in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 279. The population density is 192.6 people per km². Douglassville is located at 40.2579°N, 75.7263°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 19518.

Douglassville rests on the western bank of the Schuylkill River, a place where the land falls away in gentle slopes toward the water, then rises again into rolling hills that soften the horizon. It lies 11.9 miles east-south-east of Reading, PA (from Reading, PA: bearing 117°T), and is situated 4.1 miles west-north-west of Pottstown. The air here often carries the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, especially in the hushed hours of dawn and dusk, when the light spills across the river in long, golden shafts, illuminating the quiet persistence of the trees and the occasional glint of a weathered barn roof. The terrain itself is a mosaic of fertile bottomlands, perfect for cultivation, giving way to more rugged country as one ventures inland, where forests begin to claim the higher ground, their leafy canopies a deep, breathing green. This stretch of the Schuylkill has long been a conduit for life and commerce, its waters once powering mills and carrying goods, a history whispered by the remnants of old stone foundations along the riverbanks. Douglassville’s economy has been shaped by this proximity to the river and the surrounding fertile land; agriculture has always been a quiet backbone, but the echoes of industry can still be felt in the sturdy, practical architecture of older buildings. The landscape itself, sculpted by millennia of water and weather, now hosts a blend of residential areas and open spaces, where the pace of life seems to align with the slow, steady flow of the river, a rhythm that has persisted through generations.

About This Douglassville Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Douglassville, Pennsylvania with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Douglassville and Berks County.

Detailed location data for Douglassville includes the ZIP code (19518), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Berks County (Reading), and school district assignment (Daniel Boone Area School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Douglassville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.