Jackson Township is an American township which is located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The population was 4,392 at the time of the 2010 census, down from 4,925 at the 2000 census.
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Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania
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Nanty Glo is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical area. The population was 2,734 at the 2010 census. The name co
Jackson Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
…The northern border of the township follows the South Branch of Blacklick Creek, a westward-flowing tributary of the Conemaugh River. The boroughs of Nanty Glo and Vintondale are located in the valley of the South Branch and Jackson Township but are separate from the township. The unincorporated communities…
An aerial view of Nanty Glo
A small section of Nanty Glo seen beyond "Lake Heisley". The pond, part of a mine water reclamation project, occupies part of what was once the above-ground works of Heisley Mine.
Coal pickers like this one could make as much as a dollar a day salvaging usable coal from the mountains of refuse, coal that the mines rejected as second-rate; this photo was taken in 1937 at Nanty Glo's Springfield Mine, and is now in the Library of Congress collection.