Welcome to Honey Brook ...

Honey Brook is located in Chester County<1>.

The location of Honey Brook has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Honey Brook, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1824.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Honey Brook has a population of 1,762 people<3> (see below for details).

Honey Brook is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: Honey Brook lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Honey Brook: (610) & (484)<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Honey Brook had an population of 1,762 people. This is an increase of 2.86% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 36.91% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Honey Brook had a population of 1,713 people. This makes Honey Brook the county's 11th most populous community.

The population of Honey Brook represents 0.01% of the total population of Pennsylvania (which has 12,702,379 people), making it the state's 471st most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,713 people, the population of Honey Brook increased 33.1% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 1,287 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Honey Brook.

Communities near Honey Brook ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Honey Brook.

• Reading
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
  • Reading is located in Berks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 88,217 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reading <6>
• Pottstown
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown
  • Pottstown is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,580 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pottstown <6>
• West Chester
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
  • West Chester is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,048 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Chester <6>
• Ephrata
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephrata
  • Ephrata is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,801 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ephrata <6>
• Coatesville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatesville
  • Coatesville is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,006 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coatesville <6>
• Wyomissing
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyomissing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomissing
  • Wyomissing is located in Berks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,605 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyomissing <6>
• Downingtown
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Downingtown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downingtown
  • Downingtown is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,419 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Downingtown <6>
• New Holland
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
  • New Holland is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,547 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Holland <6>
• Shillington
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shillington
  • Shillington is located in Berks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,300 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shillington <6>
• Birdsboro
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsboro
  • Birdsboro is located in Berks County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,128 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Birdsboro <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Honey Brook. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Honey Brook.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Honey Brook. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Honey Brook.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Honey Brook. See our Newspapers Page for Honey Brook.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Honey Brook ...

Looking for more information about Honey Brook? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Honey Brook, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Honey Brook.

Adding Honey Brook to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Honey Brook in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Honey Brook was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Honey Brook post office opened in 1824.

We also found Honey Brook in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Honey Brook.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Honey Brook. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Chester County: www.chesco.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/