Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
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Schuylkill County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 143,049. The county seat is Pottsville. The county is part of the Northeast Pennsylvania region of the state.
St. Nicholas Coal Breaker in Mahanoy City in July 2013
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
The Bretz, Kohinoor Mine in Shenandoah in 1884
The 1927 George Luks mural at Necho Allen Hotel in Pottsville pays tribute to the region's 19th and early 20th century coal miners.
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
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Pottsville is a city and the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,346 at the 2020 census, and is the principal city of the Pottsville, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies along the west bank of the Schuylkill River, 52 miles (84 km) south of Wilkes-Barre. It is located in Pennsylvania's Coal Region.
Pottsville skyline in May 2019
An illustration of Pottsville in 1854
An 1833 portrait of Pottsville by John Rowson Smith
The Patterson Building served as the Pottsville Area High School from 1916 to 1933.