Schuylkill Haven
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Location in Pennsylvania
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| Foundation : | 1750 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Pennsylvania | ||
| County : | Schuylkill County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 38 ′ N , 76 ° 10 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 5,360 (as of 2012) | ||
| Population density : | 1,340 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 4.0 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 160 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 17972 | ||
| Area code : | +1 570 | ||
| Website : | www.schuylkillhaven.org | ||
Schuylkill Haven is a borough in Schuylkill County in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States .
geography
The place is six kilometers south of Pottsville and 145 kilometers northeast of Philadelphia . The Schuylkill River flows through the middle of Schuylkill Haven. The Pennsylvania Route 61 touches the place in the north.
history
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The original inhabitants of the area were the Lenni Lenape Indians . John Fincher, a Quaker from nearby Chester County , settled there in 1750 but was killed by the Aborigines along with most of his family in 1763. In 1775, the German immigrant Martin Dreibelbis opened a distillery , a sawmill and a grain mill . After the Schuylkill Canal was completed in 1825, the place was called Schuylkill Haven . According to other sources, the Schuylkill River that flows through the place is considered to be the namesake. Due to the abundance of Anzhracite coal in the area, the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad also ran through the town from the 1830s and the population grew rapidly. After the end of the Second World War , however, coal lost its importance as a source of energy and coal production and population declined again.
The nearby Vraj Hindu Temple is now a major attraction for followers of Hinduism .
Demographic data
In 2012 a population of 5360 people was determined, which corresponds to a decrease of 3.4% compared to 2000. The average age in 2012 was 40.2 years, below the value of Pennsylvania, which was 43.3 years. 45.4% of today's residents can be traced back to immigrants from Germany. Other significant immigrant groups during the early days of the place came from Ireland ( 15.2%) and Italy ( 8.3%) .
