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Schuylkill County

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
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Schuylkill County Courthouse
Seal of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Seal
Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Schuylkill County
Location in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania's location in the U.S.
Founded March 1, 1811
Named for Schuylkill River
Seat Pottsville
Largest city Pottsville
Area
 • Total 783 sq mi (2,028 km2)
 • Land 779 sq mi (2,018 km2)
 • Water 4.2 sq mi (11 km2), 0.5%
Population (est.)
 • (2015) 144,590
 • Density 186/sq mi (72/km²)
Congressional district 17th
Time zone Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Website www.co.schuylkill.pa.us
Schuylkill County Sheriff's Department
Abbreviation SCSD
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Patch of the Schuylkill County Sheriff's Department
Agency overview
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* County (US) of Schuylkill in the state of Pennsylvania, USA
Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Schuylkill County.svg
Map of Schuylkill County Sheriff's Department's jurisdiction.
Size 778 square miles (2,000 km2)
Population 150,336(est.)
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Police Officers 12
Elected officer responsible Joseph G. Groody, Sheriff
Agency executive Dennis Kane, Acting Chief Deputy
Website
Schuylkill Sheriff Webpage
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

Schuylkill County (pronounced /ˈsklkɪl/, locally /ˈskkəl/) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 148,289. The county seat is Pottsville. The county was created on March 1, 1811, from parts of Berks, Northampton, and Northumberland counties and named for the Schuylkill River.

Schuylkill County comprises the Pottsville, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the heart of the anthracite Coal Region of Eastern Pennsylvania.

In the year 1754, the area that would become Schuylkill County was settled by Germans, as were areas that are now part of Berks, Dauphin, Lebanon, and Lehigh counties. The earliest settlers in southeastern Schuylkill County, which was then part of Northampton County, were primarily Moravian missionaries from Saxony. Other early settlers in southern Schuylkill County were German Palatines. An early mill in the county was built in 1744 by John Finscher, but it later burned down. The first log church in the county was built in 1755. Native American massacres were commonplace in Schuylkill County between 1755 and 1765. Warrant for tracts of land in the vicinity of McKeansburg were in existence as early as 1750. Found by Sammy Hepler in 1789


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