In 1987, an entrepreneur named Raymond Carr laid out plans for New Morgan which was incorporated into a borough in 1988. Also, although not actually in Morgantown but part of its neighboring town, Elverson, Twin Valley High School overlooks parts of Morgantown and is where most of the town's children attend school. In the 1970s the Morgantown Expressway Interstate 176 was built to interstate highway standards, providing a link between Morgantown and PA 23 and Reading and US 422.Ĭonestoga Christian School and High Point Baptist Academy are based in the area. Other aspects of the town have grown too, especially the roads. Stoltzfus Spreaders, Viwinco Windows and McNeilus cement mixers. Now it is much larger and busier with the settlement of several manufacturing companies, including Timet, Morgan Corp. Morgantown was, until the arrival of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, a mostly agriculture-based settlement. The house has been restored by its owners. It is rumored to have housed George Washington during a brief overnight visit. Jacob Morgan settled in this area around 1765, building a large stone house, which still stands on Hartz Road between Mineview Drive and Shiloh Road. His father, Thomas Morgan, had been a native of Wales, a captain in the French and Indian War, and owner of a large tract of choice land in Caernarvon Township. Morgantown was named after Colonel Jacob Morgan, who laid out the town around 1770. As of the 2010 census, the population was 826 residents. It is located partially in Caernarvon Township in Lancaster County.

Morgantown is a census-designated place in Caernarvon Township, located in southern Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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