|
North Schuylkill School District
The North Schuylkill School District is a midsized, rural/suburban Public school (government funded), public school district in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania and Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It includes the municipalities of Frackville, Pennsylvania, Frackville, Ringtown, Pennsylvania, Ringtown, Union Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Union Township, Girardville, Pennsylvania, Girardville, Ashland, Pennsylvania, Ashland, Gordon, Pennsylvania, Gordon, and Butler Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Butler Township in Schuylkill County, and Conyngham Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, Conyngham Township in Columbia County. The district encompasses an area of approximately . The school district has a population of 16,681, according to the 2000 federal census. Special education was provided by the district and the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit #29. Occupational training and adult education in various vocational and technical fields were provided by the distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashland, Pennsylvania
Ashland is a borough in Schuylkill County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, northwest of Pottsville. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. A small part of the borough also lies in Columbia County, although all of the population resided in the Schuylkill County portion as of the 2020 census. The borough lies in the anthracite coal region of eastern Pennsylvania. Settled in 1850, Ashland was incorporated in 1857, and was named for Henry Clay's estate near Lexington, Kentucky. The population in 1900 was 6,438, and in 1940, 7,045, but had dropped to 2,471 at the 2020 census. Ashland is part of the Pottsville micropolitan statistical area. It is the location of Pioneer Tunnel, a tourist attraction featuring a tour of a coal mine on mine cars and a separate narrow gauge steam train ride. History For a long time after southern Pennsylvania was settled, the area that is now Ashland was mostly wilderness except for a hotel in the area in 1820. A prominent citizen of the coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
