Map of Womelsdorf borough

Womelsdorf is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,810 at the 2010 census. The main thoroughfares through Womelsdorf are High Street, which runs east–west, and Pennsylvania Route 419, which runs north–south. U.S. Route 422 runs along the northern edge of town.

Womelsdorf borough overview:
Name:	Womelsdorf borough
LSAD Code:	21
LSAD Description:	borough (suffix)
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Berks County
Elevation:	449 ft (137 m)
Total Area:	0.87 sq mi (2.25 km²)
Land Area:	0.87 sq mi (2.24 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	2,810
Population Density:	3,356.81/sq mi (1,295.38/km²)
ZIP code:	19567
Area code:	610 and 484
FIPS code:	4286056
Website:	www.womelsdorfboro.org

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History

The area had been occupied by Native American peoples before European colonization. German immigrant John Womelsdorf founded the community in 1762. It was originally named Middletown, as it was halfway between the cities of Lebanon and Reading, but roughly 50 years later the name was changed to Womelsdorf in honor of its founder.

Conrad Weiser, another German immigrant, settled here with his family as a young adult. Due to his importance as an interpreter and diplomat to the Iroquois and other Native American nations in the colonial period, the Conrad Weiser Homestead has been preserved as a Pennsylvania state historic site. It has materials to interpret his life and important aspects of 18th-century colonial Pennsylvania.

The Womelsdorf Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.