Schuylkill County

administration
Schuylkill County Courthouse
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Pottsville
Foundation :	March 1, 1811
Made up from:	Berks County Northampton County
Area code :	001 570
Demographics
Residents :	150,336 (2000)
Population density :	74.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2027 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
map

Website : www.co.schuylkill.pa.us

Schuylkill County is a county in the US state of Pennsylvania . At the 2000 census , the county had 150,336 people and a population density of 75 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Pottsville .

history

The Schuylkill County Bridge No. 113 is one of 18 entries for the county in the NRHP.

The county was formed on March 1, 1811 and named after the Schuylkill River .

18 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 24, 2018).

The county covers an area of 2,027 square kilometers, of which 11 square kilometers are water.

Map of Schuylkill County

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	172.927	-
1910	207,894	20.2%
1920	217.754	4.7%
1930	235.505	8.2%
1940	228.331	-3%
1950	200,577	-12.2%
1960	173.027	-13.7%
1970	160.089	-7.5%
1980	160,630	0.3%
1990	152,585	-5%
2000	150.336	-1.5%
1900-1990 2000 Age pyramid of Schuylkill County (as of 2000)


Altamont Ashland Auburn Barry Township Beurys Lake Blythe Township Branch Township Branchdale Brandonville Buck Run Butler Township Cass Township Coaldale Cressona Deer Lake Delano Delano Township Donaldson East Brunswick Township East Norwegian Township East Union Township Eldred Township Englewood Forrestville Foster Township Fountain Springs Frackville Frailey Township Castle of Peace Gilberton Girardville Gordon Grier City-Park Crest	Heckscherville Hegins Township Hometown Hubley Township Kline Township Klingerstown Lake Wynonah Landingville Lavelle-Locustdale Mahanoy Township Mahanoy City marlin McAdoo McKeansburg Mechanicsville Middleport Minersville Mount carbon New Boston-Morea New Castle Township New Philadelphia New ring gold Newtown North Manheim Township North Union Township Norwegian Township Nuremberg Oneida Orwigsburg Palo Alto Pine Grove Pine Grove Township Port carbon	Port Clinton Porter Township Pottsville Ravine Reilly Township Reinerton-Orwin-Muir Renningers Ringtown Rush Township Ryan Township Schuylkill Township Schuylkill Haven Seltzer Shenandoah Shenandoah Heights Sheppton South Manheim Township St. Clair Summit Station Tamaqua Tower City Tremont Tremont Township Tuscarora Union Township Upper Mahantongo Township Valley View Walker Township Washington Township Wayne Township West Brunswick Township West Mahanoy Township West Penn Township

↑ Schuylkill County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 276 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 24, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

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