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Bethel is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

in Bethel Township

Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Bethel Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,166 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water. It is drained by the Little Swatara...

, Berks County

Berks County, Pennsylvania

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 373,638 people, 141,570 households, and 98,532 families residing in the county. The population density was 435 people per square mile . There were 150,222 housing units at an average density of 175 per square mile...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

, United States

United States

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. With a zip code

ZIP Code

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of 19507, it is located at the junction of Interstate 78

Interstate 78

Interstate 78 is an Interstate Highway in the Northeast United States, running 144 miles from Interstate 81 northeast of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, through Allentown, Pennsylvania, and western and northern New Jersey to the Holland Tunnel and Lower Manhattan in New York City.I-78 is a major road...

/U.S. Route 22

U.S. Route 22

U.S. Route 22 is a west–east route and is one of the original United States highways of 1926, running from Cincinnati, Ohio, at US 27, US 42, US 127, and US 52 to Newark, New Jersey, at U.S. Route 1/9 near the Newark Liberty International Airport.US 22 also carries the names of the William...

and Pennsylvania Route 501

Pennsylvania Route 501

Pennsylvania Route 501 is a north–south state highway in south central Pennsylvania that runs for . Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 222 and Pennsylvania Route 272 north of Lancaster, and its northern terminus is Pennsylvania Route 895 southeast of Pine Grove...

. It is in the Susquehanna watershed

Susquehanna River

The Susquehanna River is a river located in the northeastern United States. At long, it is the longest river on the American east coast that drains into the Atlantic Ocean, and with its watershed it is the 16th largest river in the United States, and the longest river in the continental United...

and drained southward into the Little Swatara Creek

Little Swatara Creek

Little Swatara Creek is a tributary of Swatara Creek in southeast Pennsylvania in the United States.Little Swatara Creek rises on Blue Mountain in Berks County north of Strausstown and flows west-southwest, joining Swatara Creek in the borough of Jonestown in Lebanon County.-References:*Gertler,...

. Its area code is 717

Area code 717

Area code 717 is a telephone area code which serves south central Pennsylvania, used in the Harrisburg-Lancaster-York metropolitan areas. 717 was one of the original area codes established in 1947, and originally covered the eastern half of the state except for the Delaware and Lehigh valleys...

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