Walnut Ridge Estates

School District: Pottsgrove

Walnut Ridge Estates is a townhome subdivision built ca. 1976-1988. Median age is ca. 1980. Interior living space ranges from approximately 1,300-1,900 sq. ft. with a median of approximately 1,375 sq. ft. Up to 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths. Some with walk-out basements.

Entry into the development is from Buchert Road or Kepler Road onto Walnut Ridge Drive.

Lower Pottsgrove Township municipal offices are located at 2199 Buchert Road, Pottstown PA 19464; phone: 610-323-0436 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              610-323-0436      end_of_the_skype_highlighting.

The township was incorporated in 1889 when it was split off from what was then Pottsgrove Township.

The name "Pottsgrove" originated from the 18th century estate of John Potts, who built a stone mansion in Stowe. After the American Revolution's Battle of Brandywine in 1777, part of the Potts Estate became an encampment for George Washington's troops. The encampment, known as Camp Pottsgrove, lasted about two weeks until Washington's troops moved on to the battle of Germantown. The name Camp Pottsgrove stayed even after the troops moved out.

Pottsgrove Township formed in 1807 and was subdivided into Upper and Lower Pottsgrove Townships in 1889. At the end of the 19th century, Lower Pottsgrove was well known for its two amusement parks and its country trolley ride. Until the 1940's the Township was primarily rural, except for the small village of Sanatoga situated on the road travelers used to Philadelphia from Reading. During the war, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company began manufacturing tires to relieve wartime-induced shortages.