Place:Girardville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States

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NameGirardville
TypeBorough
Coordinates40.792°N 76.284°W
Located inSchuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
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Girardville is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, northwest of Reading. Anthracite coal deposits are in the region. Coal-mining provided employment and incomes for many of the 3,666 people who lived there in 1900. In 1910, 4,396 individuals called it home. The population was 1,519 at the 2010 census. It was founded in 1832 and is named after Stephen Girard of Philadelphia who purchased large land holdings in and around the town. It was incorporated as a borough in 1872.

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