Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County
Borough of Gilberton

Gilberton

Gilberton is a borough in , United States, four miles west by south of . Its population was 583 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 769 tabulated in 2010.
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  • Type: Village with 833 residents
  • Description: borough in northern Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
  • Also known as: “Gilberton, PA” and “Gilberton, Pennsylvania”
  • Postal code: 17934

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holy Ascension Orthodox Church (Frackville, Pennsylvania) and Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church (Frackville, Pennsylvania).

Church
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Church
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Prison
is a 1,000-cell, all-male, medium-security correctional facility located along Interstate 81 in , . is situated 1½ miles east of Gilberton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boston Run and Frackville.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and former coal town known as Suffolk in , , United States.

Town
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is a borough in . Incorporated in 1876, is located at the intersection of Interstate 81 and Pennsylvania State Route 61, which is approximately 102 miles northwest of Philadelphia and 60 miles southwest of .

Village
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is a borough in in the of . It is distinct from , which is part of immediately to the north. is situated 1½ miles north of Gilberton.

Gilberton

Latitude
40.79953° or 40° 47′ 58″ north
Longitude
-76.21244° or 76° 12′ 45″ west
Population
833
Elevation
1,129 feet (344 metres)
Open location code
87G5QQXQ+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158638879
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5191101
Wiki­data ID
Q1185065
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Gilberton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غيلبرتون”
  • Basque: “Gilberton”
  • Catalan: “Gilberton”
  • Cebuano: “Gilberton”
  • Chechen: “Гилбертон”
  • Chinese: “Gilberton”
  • Dutch: “Gilberton”
  • French: “Gilberton”
  • German: “Gilberton”
  • Gilaki: “گیلبرتن (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “گیلبرتن”
  • Haitian: “Gilberton, Pennsilvani”
  • Haitian: “Gilberton”
  • Italian: “Gilberton”
  • Japanese: “ギルバートン”
  • Ladin: “Gilberton”
  • Malagasy: “Gilberton, Pennsylvania”
  • Malagasy: “Gilberton”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gilberton”
  • Portuguese: “Gilberton”
  • Serbian: “Гилбертон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gilberton, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gilberton”
  • Spanish: “Gilberton”
  • Tatar: “Гилбертон”
  • Ukrainian: “Гілбертон”
  • Uzbek: “Gilberton”
  • Uzbek: “Гилбертон”
  • Vietnamese: “Gilberton, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Gilberton”
  • Volapük: “Gilberton”
  • Welsh: “Gilberton, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Gilberton”

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