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Pottsville
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city in central Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Pottsville is referenced by 833 other articles, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Pennsylvania and Eastern Time Zone.
The entry is geolocated on the map in PA.
Vinony files it under Cities in Pennsylvania, Cities in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania and County seats in Pennsylvania.
Its subject is documented across 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Schuylkill
- Mayor
- Thomas B. Smith (R)
- Founded
- 1806, by John Pott
- Established as a village
- 1819 in Norwegian Township
- Incorporated as a borough
- February 19, 1828
- Chartered as a city
- March 22, 1911
- Total
- 4.17 sq mi (10.79 km )
- Land
- 4.17 sq mi (10.79 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 659 ft (200.9 m)
- Density
- 3,203.8/sq mi (1,237.01/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Area codes
- 570 and 272
- Fips code
- 42-62432
- Website
- www .pottsvillepa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Pottsville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Schuylkill County
- Population
- 13346
- Area
- 10.789004
- Elevation
- 200
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Schuylkill County
- Official website
- www.city.pottsville.pa.us
- Image
- Pottsville.jpg
- Households
- 5971
- Dialing code
- 570
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- Commons category
- Pottsville, Pennsylvania
- different from
- Pottstown
- P8168
- Rösrath
- topic's main category
- Category:Pottsville, Pennsylvania
- postal code
- 17901
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pottsville, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1806-00-00
- water area
- 0
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 25316
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Encyclopedic overview
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 is located 47.4 miles (76.3 km) west of Allentown, 96.6 miles (155.5 km) northwest of Philadelphia, and 135 miles (217 km) west of New York City.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pottsville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.