Plowville, Pennsylvania

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Plowville is an unincorporated area of Robeson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. it is located on Pennsylvania Route 10, just east of Interstate 176. Its zip code is 19540 and is served by the Twin Valley School District. The most recognizable landmark is Plow Church.

Linda Grace Hoyer Updike, the mother of author and novelist John Updike and herself an author, was born and died in the house near Plowville where Updike himself lived during his adolescence; the house and surrounding region are described in great detail in Of the Farm and in many of Updike's short stories, essays, and memoirs. She and Updike's father, Wesley, are buried in the cemetery of Robeson Lutheran (Plow) church in Plowville.

v d e Municipalities and communities of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Reading

City	Reading

Boroughs	Adamstown‡ Bally Bechtelsville Bernville Birdsboro Boyertown Centerport Fleetwood Hamburg Kenhorst Kutztown Laureldale Leesport Lenhartsville Lyons Mohnton Mount Penn New Morgan Robesonia St. Lawrence Shillington Shoemakersville Sinking Spring Strausstown Topton Wernersville West Reading Womelsdorf Wyomissing

Townships	Albany Alsace Amity Bern Bethel Brecknock Caernarvon Centre Colebrookdale Cumru District Douglass Earl Exeter Greenwich Heidelberg Hereford Jefferson Longswamp Lower Alsace Lower Heidelberg Maidencreek Marion Maxatawny Muhlenberg North Heidelberg Oley Ontelaunee Penn Perry Pike Richmond Robeson Rockland Ruscombmanor South Heidelberg Spring Tilden Tulpehocken Union Upper Bern Upper Tulpehocken Washington Windsor

CDPs	Amity Gardens Flying Hills Lorane Reiffton Spring Ridge West Wyomissing Whitfield

Unincorporated communities	Albany Alleghenyville Alsace Manor Amityville Barto Basket Baumstown Beckersville Berne Bethel Blandon Bowers Boyers Junction Breezy Corner Brownsville Chapel‡ Clayton Dale Dauberville Douglassville Dreibelbis Dryville Eckville Edenburg Eshbach Evansville Five Points Fredericksville Fritztown Frystown Geigertown Gibraltar Gouglersville Greenawald Grill Grimville Hancock Harlem Henningsville Hereford Hinterleiter Host Huffs Church Hyde Park Jacksonwald Jalappa Joanna Joanna Heights Kempton Kempville Kirbyville Klinesville Knauers Krumsville Kulptown Landis Store Leinbachs Limekiln Lincoln Park Lobachsville Longswamp Manatawny Maple Grove Maxatawny Mertztown Mohrsville Molltown Montello Monterey Morgantown Morysville Moselem Moselem Springs Mount Aetna New Hensingersville‡ New Jerusalem North Heidelberg Pine Waters Pleasant Valley Pleasantville Plowville Pricetown Quaker City Rehrersburg Rittenhouse Gap Sally Ann Scarlets Mill Seisholtzville Shartlesville South Temple State Hill Stony Run Stouchsburg Temple Trexler Unionville Vinemont Virginville Walnuttown Weavertown West Hamburg West Lawn Windsor Castle Wintersville Woodchoppertown Wyomissing Hills Yellow House

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties