Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1811
Parent counties: Berks and Northampton

Namesake: The Schuylkill River
Seat: Orwigsburg (1811–1851); Pottsville (1851–)

Land area: 779 square miles

Population (2020): 143,049

Population (historic): 11,339 (1820); 60,713 (1850); 116,428 (1870); 172,927 (1900); 235,505 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1930; 1970s

Subdivisions: One city; 29 boroughs; 38 CDPs; 36 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 33,578 (48.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 65.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 22%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,956
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,595
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,813
Average farm size (1920): 49.3 acres
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Pottsville

Namesake: John Potts, owner of the city site

Founding: 1816 (platting); 1825 (post office); 1828 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 13,346

Population (historic): 2,464 (1830); 9,444 (1860); 13,253 (1880); 15,710 (1900); 24,300 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1940
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,482 (59.9%)
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