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HISTORY
Schuylkill county was created in 1811 from parts of Berks and Northampton counties. It was named for the Schuylkill River. Today Schuylkill county is known for Mrs. T's pierogies and Yuengling beer (America's oldest brewery). There are hi-tech businesses like AlliedSignal and Alcoa. However 20% of Schuylkill county's 1/2 million acres is devoted to agriculture. Additionally, despite the mining industry's decline, Schuylkill county has 90% of the WORLD'S anthracite coal reserve. |
AGRICULTURE 700 Farm Families produce $42Million in economic benefits to Schuylkill county annually. Products include: poultry, dairy, fruits, vegetables, potatoes, field crops, forestry, animal products, food processing, and farm equipment operations.
HUMAN SERVICES: Schuylkill county also has a CareerLink Job Center which provides "one-stop" career and employment services to its citizens. |
Related
Links:
- Schuylkill County Conservation District e-mail address: SCHUYLKILLCD@PTDPROLOG.NET
- NRCS
- FSA
- Schuylkill County FSA e-mail address:PA107@BBS.FSA.USDA.GOV
- Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
- Schuylkill County Chamber of Commerce
- Schuylkill County CareerLink
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This page last updated Thursday, January 15, 2004
Copyright Information
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Penn State is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity University.
This site is a product of Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences.
Please e-mail us with your questions, comments or suggestions at schuylkillExt@psu.edu.