Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

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Schuylkill County, located in northeastern Pennsylvania, encompasses a physical land area of 778.6 square miles or 498,304 acres. It is bordered on the north by Luzerne, Columbia and Northumberland Counties; to the west by Dauphin and Lebanon Counties; to the south by Berks and Lehigh Counties; and, to the east by Carbon County. Schuylkill County is comprised of 67 municipalities.

Schuylkill County is an area of many contrasts. It is best known for its Anthracite resources and for its past mining history. Running in an east-west direction between Ashland to the west and Coaldale to the east is a coal belt which ranges in width from a few hundred yards to several miles in the vicinity between Shenandoah and Pottsville. To both the north and south of this coal belt, which has been stripped, are some of the most beautiful agricultural areas found in northeastern Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 148,289. Pottsville is the county seat.


www.schuylkillhistory.org/
www.schuylkillchamber.com/index_flash.htm
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paschuyl/HSSC/info.htm