Sassamansville, Pennsylvania
human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Sassamansville (SAS-a-minz-vil) is an unincorporated community in northwestern Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States on Hoffmansville Road, approximately 1 1/2 miles northwest of Route 663.
It is served by the Boyertown Area School District.
History
The community is home to The Bauman Family fruit butter factory.
Geography
This community is located mainly in New Hanover Township, but is also partly in Douglass Township. It is drained by the Swamp Creek into the Perkiomen Creek. The Sassamansville telephone exchange uses area code 610.
While the village has its own box post office with the zip code of 19472, portions of Sassamansville are served by the Barto, Gilbertsville, and Perkiomenville post offices with zip codes of 19504, 19525, and 18074, respectively.
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