Dryville, PA

Dryville is a census-designated place in Rockland Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The 2010 census counted 398 residents. Dryville is located one mile south of Lyons, and is located in the South Mountains and is drained by Bieber Creek into Manatawny Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River. The village grew around the Henry Mertz Lutheran Church, which opened in 1747. That mix gives Dryville a clear local shape within Pennsylvania, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Dryville was named in 1852 after Benjamin Dry, a local postmaster.