Place:McAdoo, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States

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NameMcAdoo
Alt namesPleasant Hillsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42016012
TypeBorough
Coordinates40.901°N 75.992°W
Located inSchuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
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McAdoo is a borough and coal town in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, south of Hazleton and 7 miles north of Tamaqua. McAdoo contains the picturesque Silver Brook Meadow. In the past, anthracite coal mining and a shirt factory, The McAdoo Manufacturing Company, provided gainful employment to the populace, which numbered 2,122 in 1900. In 1910, 3,389 people lived here, and in 1940, 5,127 people lived here. The population was 2,274 at the 2000 census.

McAdoo's elevation is 1700 feet above sea level.

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