[3] The town is thought to have been named after Hamburg, Germany, but this is likely to have been a corruption of Bad Homburg.

Hamburg is located in northern Berks County at 40°33′0″N 75°59′0″W / 40.55000°N 75.98333°W / 40.55000; -75.98333 (40.556271, −75.982667),[4] on the east bank of the Schuylkill River.

[3] It has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) and average monthly temperatures range from 28.4 °F in January to 73.4 °F in July.

However, Martin Kaerscher Jr.'s father Johann Martin Kaerscher Sr. (1718-1787) emigrated in 1738 from Langenselbold in Hessia [11] which is far from the northern seaport of Hamburg, so it is likely that "Hamburg" is a corruption of Bad Homburg due to the Blue Mountains' very similar appearance to the Taunus mountain range.

[12] [citation needed] On July 1, 1798 Hamburg became the second town with postal designation in Berks County, preceded only by Reading.

Hamburg began to grow rapidly due to the close proximity of a major roadway.

Both of these advances in infrastructure had stops in Hamburg and helped spur population growth.

[13] The Hamburg Area School District is geographically the largest in all of Berks County with a size of 103 square miles (270 km2).

There is also a nearby private high school, Blue Mountain Academy grades 9–12, that has an average enrollment of 204 students.

Of the 10 churches located in the Hamburg area, six of them offer a weekly Sunday or Sabbath school services.

Featuring a permanent model train layout and several pieces of rolling stock from various eras before the Conrail merger in 1976, the museum is open year-round on Saturdays and Sundays.