ABOUT

Fleetwood, also called Schlegelschteddel in Deitsch, is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,085 at the 2010 census. It was home to the Fleetwood Metal Body company, an automobile coachbuilder purchased by Fisher Body and integrated into General Motors in 1931. The name lived on in the Cadillac Fleetwood automobile.The First National Bank in Fleetwood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.It is bordered on the east, west, and north by Richmond Township and on its short southern edge by Ruscombmanor Township.Pennsylvania Route 662 passes through the borough, leading north toward U.S. Route 222 and south to Oleyand Douglassville. By Park Road it is 12 miles (19 km) southwest to Reading.According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.7 km²), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km²), or 0.47%, is water.