About Morgantown, PA
Morgantown is a "populated place" in Caernarvon Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The township dates back to 1752, the same year Berks County was established. Morganstown was named after Colonel Jacob Morgan, who laid out the plans for the town around 1770. Colonel Morgan's father had been a native of Wales, a captain in the French and Indian War, and the owner of a large tract of land in the Caernarvon Township. Jacob was a Philadelphia merchant, and in 1765 he built a large stone house on what he called Hartz Road that sits as a popular attraction to this day. The arrival of the turnpike in the 1950s has lifted the town to a state of perpetual vitality. Development of the area continues to this day, and the area remains a very pleasant place to live and work. The biggest companies in Morganstown include Timet, Tursack Incorporated, Morgan Corp., and McNeilus cement mixers. Since the area is unincorporated, the youth of the area attend schools in neighboring areas, though with the huge growth experienced by the area in the last 50 years, it is likely the area will find incorporation in the near future.
