Boyertown Borough

BOYERTOWN HISTORY           

The earliest history of Boyertown is to be found in 1720, when John Salter became part owner of the Powell purchase. Other early settlers included Jonathan Rhoads, Henry Baer, the Shaner family, the Henry Boyers and the Schaeffers.

One of the oldest known settlers was Henry Stauffer, who was born several miles from Boyertown in 1725 and came to Colebrookdale, as Boyertown was known in those days.

Later on, Henry Boyer purchased a farm on the Latshaw property, near the center of town. Henry decided to build a hotel at the intersection of "Philadelphia and Reading roads" today the Boyertown Inn. Henry Boyer and his brother, Daniel, became owners of most of the land in Boyertown.

In 1835, the community was laid out in town lots, and the first attempted to incorporate was made in 1851. A second attempt to incorporate was made in April, 1866, granting Boyertown a corporate existence, named after some of its early settlers - Henry Boyer and family.

The first borough council was organized in the Union Hotel on November 19, 1866. Council members included William Fegley, Samuel Shaner, H.B. Rhoads, Philip Gabel. The town's first burgess was Jonathan Kepler.

BOYERTOWN PARK    

The Boyertown Community Park is located on South Madison Street.  The park consists of a playground, two picnic pavilions, a band shell and the community swimming pool.

Summer events at the community park include Earth Day, Boyertown Fun Days, Movies Under the Stars, Bike Night, and Duryea Days.    

The Rohrbach and Campbell Picnic Pavilions, and the Spaatz Band Shell may be rented by Boyertown School District residents by contacting the Borough of Boyertown Administrative Office at 610-369-3028.