Ringtown, Pennsylvania | |
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Borough | |
Main Street in Ringtown, looking west
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Location of Ringtown in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. |
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Location in Pennsylvania | |
Coordinates: 40°51′27″N 76°14′01″W / 40.85750°N 76.23361°WCoordinates: 40°51′27″N 76°14′01″W / 40.85750°N 76.23361°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Schuylkill |
Settled | 1833 |
Incorporated | 1909 |
Government | |
• Type | Borough Council |
• Mayor | Albert Breznik |
Area | |
• Total | 0.44 sq mi (1.14 km2) |
• Land | 0.44 sq mi (1.14 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 818 |
• Estimate (2016) | 791 |
• Density | 1,801.82/sq mi (695.42/km2) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
ZIP code | 17967 |
Area code(s) | 570 Exchange: 889 |
FIPS code | 42-65000 |
Ringtown is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is approximately 5 miles north northwest of Shenandoah and 17 miles west southwest of Hazleton. Other nearby towns and buroughs include Zions Grove, Pattersonville, and Nuremberg.
Ringtown is located at 40°51′27″N 76°14′1″W / 40.85750°N 76.23361°W (40.857604, -76.233718).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), which is all land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 826 people, 319 households, and 231 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,869.1 people per square mile (724.8/km²). There were 340 housing units at an average density of 769.4 per square mile (298.4/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.79% White, 0.12% African American, 0.48% Asian, 0.61% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.61% of the population.
There were 319 households out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% were married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. Of all households, 23.2% were made up of individuals and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.09.