Moselem Springs, Pennsylvania

Moselem Springs is an unincorporated community in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. It is located at the junction of Pennsylvania Route 662 (Moselem Springs Road) and U.S. Highway 222 in Richmond Township. Buildings in the area include the Township Building, Lehigh Valley Health Network's Health Center at Moselem Springs (in the historic Inn, est. 1852), and Richmond Elementary School. The place name comes from the Unami-Len'api term Masch'il'am'ek, which means "trout." ^[1] In Minsi-Len'api "trout" is Mesch'ila'meek.^[2]

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References

1. ↑ Brinton, Daniel G., C.F. Denke, and Albert Anthony. A Lenâpé - English Dictionary. Biblio Bazaar, 2009. ISBN 978-1103149223, p. 74
2. ↑ Zeisberger, David. Indian Dictionary: English, German, Iroquois—The Onondaga and Algonquin—The Delaware. Harvard University Press, 1887. ISBN 1104253518, p. 205. “The Delaware” that Zeisberger translated was Minsi-Len’api.

External links

• Media related to Moselem Springs, Pennsylvania at Wikimedia Commons
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Moselem Springs, Pennsylvania

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Coordinates: 40°29′08″N 075°50′19″W / 40.48556°N 75.83861°W / 40.48556; -75.83861