Strausstown Pennsylvania Map

About Strausstown, Pennsylvania

Strausstown is a locality in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 409. The population density is 487.4 people per km². Strausstown is located at 40.4923°N, 76.1830°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 19559.

Strausstown holds the quiet, terrestrial weight of the inland earth, defined by the steady, low-slung passage of Jackson Creek as it carves through the local clay. It lies 13.4 miles south of Pottsville, PA (from Pottsville, PA: bearing 177°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south of Schuylkill Haven. The landscape is a sequence of firm rises and depressions, where the soil holds the dampness of the shade and the air turns crisp long before the sun dips behind the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. Four miles to the east, the stillness of Frog Pond mirrors the graying sky, while the nearby terrain dips into the dark, fertile basin of Werts Hollow. Within the immediate perimeter, the grounds of Strausstown Lions Community Park offer a patch of managed green where the grass stiffens under the first frost of autumn, marking the slow transition of the seasons across the open fields.

History in Strausstown remains etched into the foundational stone of its older structures, a legacy of the Pennsylvania Dutch influence that favored sturdy brick and methodical industry. The local economy persists with a rhythmic, grounded pace, moving away from the heavy extraction of the past toward the quiet commerce of the modern highway corridor. Those who seek movement often find their way to Klines Path, a trail that pulls walkers through the thinning woods and across the stubborn, unyielding mud of the creek banks. Life here is measured by the light shifting across the valley floor, a calm persistence that recognizes the value of the harvest and the long, cold quiet that follows the end of the working day.

About This Strausstown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Strausstown, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.492315, -76.183002. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Strausstown includes the ZIP code (19559), 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 (Hamburg Area School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.