Hazleton, Pennsylvania
| Hazleton | |||
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| Nickname : The Mountain City, The Power City | |||
Location in Pennsylvania
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1780 (City 1891) | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Pennsylvania | ||
| County : | Lucerne County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 58 ′ N , 75 ° 58 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 25,334 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 2,724.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 9.3 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 515 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 18201 | ||
| Area code : | +1 570 | ||
| Website : | www.hazletoncity.org | ||
| Mayor : | Joseph Yannuzzi | ||
Hazleton is a city of Luzerne County in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States .
geography
Hazleton is at 40 ° 57'32 "north latitude and 75 ° 58'28" west longitude. Wilkes-Barre is around 40 kilometers to the north. The Interstate 81 highway touches the city in the west, the Interstate 80 highway runs ten kilometers away in the north. The city sits at an altitude of 515 meters, which is why it was nicknamed The Mountain City because other cities in the area are much lower.
history
Missionaries of the Moravian Church ( Moravian Church ) came to the area from Bethlehem and founded a settlement around 1780, which was called Hazel Swamp because of its numerous hazelnut trees . Due to the rich occurrence of anthracite coal in the region, the place developed into a rapidly growing city. At first immigrants came mainly from Germany and Ireland , a little later also from Italy , Poland and Slovakia , as the demand for fuel increased sharply across the country and miners were urgently sought. The city was also known as the Power City .
In 1857 the place became a borough and should actually be called "Hazelton". Due to a typographical error, however, “Hazleton” was chartered and it was left with that name. In 1891 Hazleton received City status . Hazleton reached its heyday in the 1940s with a population of around 40,000.
After the end of the Second World War , anthracite extraction fell sharply, as other types of energy were increasingly used, which is why the population also shrank. However, many illegal immigrants, mainly from Latin America , settled in for new industries . After a regulation was passed restricting illegal immigrants, their numbers fell again.
Demographic data
In 2011 a population of 25,334 people was determined, which means an increase of 8.6% compared to the year 2000. The average age of residents in 2011 was 37.6 years, well below the Pennsylvania average of 43.3 years. The proportion of Hispanics at this point was 37%.
sons and daughters of the town
- Edward J. Bonin (1904–1990), politician
- Judith Joy Ross (* 1946), photographer
- Sherrie Levine (born 1947), photographer
- Andrew Soltis (born 1947), chess player
- Lou Barletta (born 1956), politician
- Amber Lee Ettinger (born 1982), actress