West Penn Township
West Penn Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,383 in the 2020 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 4,180 residents
- Description: township in eastern Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Township of West Penn”, “West Penn Township, Pennsylvania”, and “West Penn Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tamaqua and South Tamaqua.
Tamaqua
Town
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Tamaqua is a borough in eastern Schuylkill County in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania, United States. It had a population of 6,934 as of the 2020 U.S. census. Tamaqua is situated 4 miles north of West Penn Township.
South Tamaqua
Hamlet
South Tamaqua is a village located along the Little Schuylkill River at the junctions of Routes 309 and 443 in West Penn Township, Pennsylvania, United States.
Newkirk
Hamlet
Newkirk is an unincorporated community and coal town in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, 1.4 miles south of Tamaqua. Newkirk is situated 4 miles northwest of West Penn Township.
West Penn Township
- Categories: township of Pennsylvania and locality
- Location: Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.7409° or 40° 44′ 27″ northLongitude
-75.961° or 75° 57′ 40″ westPopulation
4,180Elevation
846 feet (258 metres)Open location code
87G6P2RQ+9HOpenStreetMap ID
node 158628895OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
5218841Wikidata ID
Q7986191
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“West Penn Township” goes by many names.
- French: “West Penn Township”
- German: “West Penn Township (Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania)”
- German: “West Penn Township”
- Spanish: “Municipio de West Penn (condado de Schuylkill, Pensilvania)”
- Spanish: “Municipio de West Penn”
- Ukrainian: “Вест-Пенн Тауншип”
- Vietnamese: “Xã West Penn, Quận Schuylkill, Pennsylvania”
- Vietnamese: “Xã West Penn”
- Welsh: “West Penn Township, Pennsylvania”
- Welsh: “West Penn Township”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Atlas Park and Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery.
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