Pennsburg, Pennsylvania

Pennsburg is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,843 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Upper Perkiomen School District.It is also part of the strip of small towns that run together along Route 29: Red Hill, Pennsburg, and East Greenville. Apocryphal history relates that these towns considered merging around the early 1970s and the combined name may have been 'Red Pennsville' or 'East Pennhill'. The towns are collectively referred to as "Upper Perk".GeographyPennsburg is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.8sqmi, all of it land. Pennsburg is located 40mi northwest of Philadelphia and 5mi southwest of Quakertown. Pennsburg's elevation is at 350ft above sea level. There is a nature preserve along Macoby Creek.DemographicsAs of the 2010 census, the borough was 90.0% White, 2.0% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 5.2% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian, and 1.4% were two or more races. About 4.1% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.As of the census of 2000, 2,732 people, 1,009 households, and 705 families resided in the borough. The population density was 3,567.8 people per square mile (1,369.9/km²). The 1,078 housing units averaged 1,407.8 per square mile (540.5/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 97.36% White, 0.81% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.48% Asian, 0.55% from other races, and 0.73% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 1.61% of the population.