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Robesonia is a borough in western Berks County, nicknamed 'Robbie,' covering just 0.89 square miles along U.S. Route 422, about 11 miles west of Reading.

Robesonia grew up around iron furnaces that operated from about 1794 to 1927 - the Reading Furnace was established in 1794 by ironmaster George Ege on Spring Creek and smelted ore from the famous Cornwall mines.

The town itself was founded in 1855 by Henry P. Robeson, who had acquired the iron works and founded the Robesonia Iron Company in 1845, and Robesonia was later incorporated as a borough out of Heidelberg Township around 1913.

The Robesonia Furnace Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, and although the furnace stack was razed in 1927, the Georgian-style ironmaster's mansion, the Italianate office building and workers' houses survive.

Seven workmen were killed in 1844 when the Robesonia furnace stack was being rebuilt, one of the deadliest accidents in Berks County's iron industry.

Robesonia is also known for its Pennsylvania German-style pottery, called redware, and major local employers have included C&S Wholesale Grocers, Magnatech International and Snap-On Tools.

Robesonia had a population of 2,035 at the 2020 census, nearly unchanged over decades - it counted 2,036 residents in 2000 and 2,061 in 2010.

At the 2010 census, Robesonia's 2,061 residents lived in 855 households, and the borough's median age was 38 years.

Robesonia hosts the headquarters of the Conrad Weiser Area School District on Big Spring Road, along with Conrad Weiser High School and Conrad Weiser Middle School - the district is named for the colonial-era interpreter and diplomat Conrad Weiser.

Robesonia's notable natives include Pat Gelsinger, the former CEO of Intel, and social psychologist Amy Cuddy.