History:

Greenwich Township lies within the Hardyston Jasper Archaeological District.  This district within Greenwich Township is defined by intensive jasper usage by Native American Indians in lithic tool activity dating back 10,000 years. 

The earliest known inhabitants of the Township were a meek and docile tribe of Delaware Indians called the Lenni Lenape whose ancient symbol was the turtle.  It was the sub-tribe, Minsi (Wolf), of the Lenni Lenape that lived in this area.  The largest Minsi settlement in Berks County was located at present day Virginville on the Township's southern border.

The first European settlers came to the area in the early 1700's.  These settlers were mostly Germans, although some were descendants of French Hugenots.  They came to America primarily from the German Province of Pfalz (or Palatinate).  The Palatinates settled the area as farmers, building family farmsteads and clearing the land for agriculture. 

Greenwich Township was originally part of Albany Township.  Greenwich Township separated from Albany Township and incorporated as a township in 1755.  It was named by English settlers after Greenwich, England. 

The early settlers were religious people as evidenced by the construction of their churches soon after settlement.  As early as 1744, a reformed congregation known as the High Dutch was organized on what is now the site of Dunkels Church.  The original log structure was replaced by a second log structure in 1790 and by a brick building in 1859.  The brick building is still standing and considered structurally sound, although it has been vacant since 1971.  Two other churches of historical significance are the Bethel Lutheran Church (now known as Mount Zion Lutheran Church), which was organized in 1761 at Grimville, and the Friedens Church, which was erected in 1856 between Lenhartsville and Klinesville along the old Allentown State Road (Old 22).  Between 1923 and 1925 the brick church in Grimville was replaced by the existing stone church.  These early churches probably doubled as schools until the Township adopted the public school system in 1851.  By 1923, there were 11 one-room school houses in the Greenwich Township area.  Some of these were still in use as late as 1944.