East Berlin has a very interesting history which everyone loves to read. In 1764, John Frankenberger bought 200 acres of land from William Penn's sons, Thomas and Richard Penn. He divided it into 85 lots with alleys and streets and named it "Berlin" after Berlin, Germany, therefore the capital of his native country, the Kingdom of Prussia. As a result of confusion with another community in Pennsylvania, the name was changed to "East Berlin." East Berlin had approximately one hundred houses by 1797, under the new owner John Hildebrand. When York County was divided in 1800, East Berlin was absorbed into the newly formed Adams County. East Berlin was not legally an area of the city with its own municipal government for much of its early history, but rather a part of neighbouring Hamilton Township; on November 10, 1879, after town citizens filed a petition the Court of Adams County, 407 acres of land around the society were officially designated as the city of East Berlin.
The municipality would keep basic infrastructure such as streets, sidewalks, curbs, and oil lamps in place. In 1897, the borough constructed a water reservoir. Thaddeus Stevens, a congressman and abolitionist, briefly owned property in East Berlin from 1832 to 1848 before relocating to Lancaster The Berlin Branch Railroad was finished in 1877, connecting the town to Berlin Junction on the Hanover Junction, Hanover as well as Gettysburg Railroad. The rail line ran from East Berlin to Abbottstown until 1914, when the tracks were removed. The railway line was rebuilt in 1916 and ran as the East Berlin Railroad until 1939. In 1940, the tracks were excluded once more. You can visit East Berlin by booking East Berlin CT Limo Service and have a hassle free travel experience.
