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{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania | settlement_type = [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]] | image_skyline = Penn and Columbia, Sinking Spring.jpg | image_caption = [[U.S. Route 422|Penn Avenue]] in the commercial district | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = File:Sinking Spring.png | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in Berks County, Pennsylvania | pushpin_map = Pennsylvania#USA | pushpin_label = Sinking Spring | pushpin_label_position = top | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Pennsylvania##Location in the United States | coordinates = {{coord|40|19|29|N|76|01|21|W|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]] | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = [[Berks County, Pennsylvania|Berks]] | established_title = Incorporated | established_date = March 13, 1913 | established_title1 = | established_date1 = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Gary Cirulli<ref>{{Cite web| title=Borough Officials | url=http://www.co.berks.pa.us/Muni/SinkingSpring/Documents/Borough%20Officials.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023171921/http://www.co.berks.pa.us/Muni/SinkingSpring/Documents/Borough%20Officials.pdf | archive-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='42'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 16, 2022}}</ref> | area_total_sq_mi = 1.24 | area_land_sq_mi = 1.24 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_rural_sq_mi = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_ft = 338 | population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 4286 | population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] | population_density_sq_mi = 3453.67 | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]] | utc_offset1 = -5 | timezone1_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] | utc_offset1_DST = -4 | postal_code_type = [[ZIP Code]] | postal_code = 19608 | area_code_type = | area_code = [[Area codes 610 and 484|610 & 484]] | blank_name_sec1 = | blank_info_sec1 = | website = {{URL|http://www.co.berks.pa.us/Muni/SinkingSpring/Pages/default.aspx}} |pop_est_as_of = |pop_est_footnotes = |population_est = |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 42-70880 |area_total_km2 = 3.22 |area_land_km2 = 3.21 |area_water_km2 = 0.01 |population_density_km2 = 1333.80 }} '''Sinking Spring''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] that is located in [[Berks County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 4,286 at the time of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. The borough's name was derived from a spring that was located in the center of town. The water in this spring would sink into the ground from time to time, giving the illusion that it had disappeared. The Sinking Spring area is served by the [[Wilson School District]].<ref>{{Cite web| title=School Districts of Berks County | url=http://www.co.berks.pa.us/Dept/GIS/Documents/maps/general/Berks_Schools.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421042135/http://www.co.berks.pa.us:80/Dept/GIS/Documents/maps/general/Berks_Schools.pdf | archive-date=2015-04-21}}</ref>
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