Exeter Township
Township municipal offices are located at 4975 Moss Road, Reading PA 19606.
Phone: 610‑779‑5950.
Originally part of Philadelphia County, Exeter was settled around 1718 and incorporated December 7, 1741.
Neighborhoods
- Baumstown
- Farming Ridge
- Grist Mill Farms
- Lorane Orchard
- Mountain Park
- Colony Hill
- Country Club Estates
- Country Club Run
- Cranberry Ridge
- Crestwood
- Devon Green
- Fairview Chapel
- Glen Oley Farms
- Grist Mill Farms
- Heisters Creek
- High Meadows
- Hills at Woodgate
- Hunters Run
- Jackson Meadows
- Kinsey Hill
- Lakeview at Glen Oley
- Laurel Springs
- Laurel Village
- Linstead
- Long Pond
- Mary Wood
- Orchard Brook
- Overlook Woods
- Pathfinder Meadows
- Pathfinder Valley
- Pathfinder Woods
- Penns Grant
- Pheasant Run
- Ramblewood
- Reiffton
- Ridge View Manor
- Rugby Run
- Sagebrook
- Sandy Run
- Sunrise
- The Meadows
- Valley Ridge
- Westridge
- Wingspread
- Wyndham Hill
Exeter is renowned as the birthplace of famed American explorer and hunter, Daniel Boone (1734-1820). The Boone homestead (actually, an historically-accurate recreation of the real Boone homestead, about 2 miles north of Birdsboro), where Daniel spent the first 16 years of his life, is today a national historic site. The property was entered onto the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Other National Register Properties in Exeter Township are:
- John Bishop House, ca 1763; John Bishop was a noted area businessman, a contemporary of the Boone Family. The house is "Palladian style" Georgian architecture.
- Mordecai Lincoln House ca. 1733 and 1760, a Georgian style stone settlers cabin
- Mill Tract Farm, Mill Road north of Stonersville, along the Limekiln Creek, ca. 1750 and 1800; the original land grant was to George Boone, and the Georgian farmhouse is believed to have been built by his son John (uncle to Daniel Boone).
- Snyder Mill, ca. 1780, Oley Line Road near Limekiln Village; the custom gristmill operated for more than 150 years.
Nearby Towns: Alsace Twp •
Birdsboro Boro •
Kenhorst Boro •
Laureldale Boro •
Lower Alsace Twp •
Mount Penn Boro •
Muhlenberg Twp •
Oley Twp •
Reading City •
Robeson Twp •
Saint Lawrence Boro •
West Reading Boro •