Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
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Schuylkill County Courthouse
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 Location in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania |
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 Pennsylvania's location in the U.S. |
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| 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 |
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| Schuylkill County Sheriff's Department | |
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| Abbreviation | SCSD |
Patch of the Schuylkill County Sheriff's Department
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| Agency overview | |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| Operations jurisdiction* | County (US) of Schuylkill in the state of Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Map of Schuylkill County Sheriff's Department's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 778 square miles (2,000 km2) |
| Population | 150,336(est.) |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Pottsville, Pennsylvania |
| Police Officers | 12 |
| Elected officer responsible | Joseph G. Groody, Sheriff |
| Agency executive | Dennis Kane, Acting Chief Deputy |
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| Schuylkill Sheriff Webpage | |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
Schuylkill County (pronounced /ˈskuːlkɪl/, locally /ˈskuːkəl/) 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.
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