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Ashland, Pennsylvania, the Glossary

Ashland is a borough in Schuylkill County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, northwest of Pottsville.^[1]

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1857 establishments in Pennsylvania
Municipalities of the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania

Alfred B. Garner

Alfred Buckwalter Garner (March 4, 1873 – July 30, 1930) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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Anthracite

Anthracite, also known as hard coal and black coal, is a hard, compact variety of coal that has a submetallic lustre.

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Area codes 570 and 272

Area codes 570 and 272 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the northeast quadrant of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Ashland Township, Pennsylvania

Ashland Township is a township in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Bill Dando

William R. Dando (April 30, 1932 – February 15, 2022) was an American football player and coach.

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Bituminous coal

Bituminous coal, or black coal, is a type of coal containing a tar-like substance called bitumen or asphalt.

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In the United States Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a borough (sometimes spelled boro) is a self-governing municipal entity, equivalent to a town in most jurisdictions, usually smaller than a city, but with a similar population density in its residential areas.

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Butler Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Butler Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Carson Long

Carson Gerald Long (born December 16, 1954) is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Buffalo Bills.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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Centralia, Pennsylvania

Centralia is a borough and near-ghost town in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. Ashland, Pennsylvania and Centralia, Pennsylvania are Bloomsburg–Berwick metropolitan area, coal towns in Pennsylvania and Municipalities of the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania.

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Charles W. Staudenmeier

Charles W. Staudenmeier (November 4, 1894 – January 12, 1988) was a Republican Pennsylvania State Senator from 1933 to 1936.

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine.

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Coal Region

The Coal Region is a region of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

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Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Columbia County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Ashland, Pennsylvania and Columbia County, Pennsylvania are Bloomsburg–Berwick metropolitan area.

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Conyngham Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Conyngham Township is a township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. Ashland, Pennsylvania and Conyngham Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania are Bloomsburg–Berwick metropolitan area.

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County (United States)

In the United States, a county or county equivalent is an administrative or political subdivision of a U.S. state or other territories of the United States which consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority.

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Dennis Joseph Dougherty

Dennis Joseph Dougherty (August 16, 1865 – May 31, 1951) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1918 until his death in 1951.

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Doggie Julian

Alvin Fred "Doggie" Julian (April 5, 1901 – July 28, 1967) was a college football coach, a college basketball player and coach, and an NBA coach.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.

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Edmund W. Samuel

Edmund William Samuel (November 27, 1857 – March 7, 1930) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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Elysburg, Pennsylvania

Elysburg is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ralpho Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Emil Seidel

Emil Seidel (December 13, 1864 – June 24, 1947) was an American politician.

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Emil Siebern

Emil Siebern (1888 – 1942) was an American sculptor.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.

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Forest

A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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George R. Patterson

George Robert Patterson (November 9, 1863 – March 21, 1906) was an American businessman and politician who served three terms as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1901 until his death in 1906.

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Girardville, Pennsylvania

Girardville (nicknamed Guntown) is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, northwest of Reading. Ashland, Pennsylvania and Girardville, Pennsylvania are coal towns in Pennsylvania and Municipalities of the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania.

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Great Depression in the United States

In the United States, the Great Depression began with the Wall Street Crash of October 1929 and then spread worldwide.

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Griffith J. Griffith

Griffith Jenkins Griffith (January 4, 1850 – July 6, 1919) was a Welsh-born American industrialist and philanthropist.

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Henry Clay

Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777June 29, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

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Jack Stivetts

John Elmer Stivetts (March 31, 1868 – April 18, 1930) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanning from 1889 to 1899.

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James McNeill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 10, 1834July 17, 1903) was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.

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Janet Asimov

Janet Opal Asimov (née Jeppson; August 6, 1926 – February 25, 2019), usually writing as J. O. Jeppson, was an American science fiction writer, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst.

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Labor Day

Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday of September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States.

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Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is a consolidated city coterminous with, and the county seat of, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Mahanoy Creek

Mahanoy Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

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Mickey Doolin

Michael Joseph "Mickey" Doolin (May 7, 1880 in Ashland, Pennsylvania – November 1, 1951 in Orlando, Florida), was a professional baseball player who played shortstop in the Major Leagues from 1905 to 1918.

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Micropolitan statistical area

United States micropolitan statistical areas (μSA, where the initial Greek letter mu represents "micro-"), as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), are labor market and statistical areas in the United States centered on an urban cluster (urban area) with a population of at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 people.

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Milwaukee

Milwaukee is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Milwaukee County.

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Mother

A mother is the female parent of a child.

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Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania

Mount Carmel is a borough in Northumberland County, located in the Coal Heritage Region of Central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley, United States. Ashland, Pennsylvania and Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania are coal towns in Pennsylvania and Municipalities of the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania.

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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Northeastern Pennsylvania

Northeastern Pennsylvania (N.E.P.A. or sometimes called Nepa) is a region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that includes the Pocono Mountains, the Endless Mountains, and the industrial cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Hazleton, Nanticoke, and Carbondale.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) is the governmental agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, responsible for the collection, conservation, and interpretation of Pennsylvania's heritage.

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Pennsylvania Route 54

Pennsylvania Route 54 (PA 54) is a state highway which runs for in eastern Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Pennsylvania Route 61

Pennsylvania Route 61 (PA 61) is an state highway that is located in Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Per capita income

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Pottsville is a city and the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. Ashland, Pennsylvania and Pottsville, Pennsylvania are Municipalities of the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Pump

A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action, typically converted from electrical energy into hydraulic energy.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Robert D. Heaton

Robert Douglas Heaton (July 1, 1873 – June 11, 1933) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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Robert Spencer (doctor)

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia (Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Philadelphiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in southeastern Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh

The Diocese of Pittsburgh (Diœcesis Pittsburgensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in Western Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Schuylkill County (Pennsylvania Dutch: Schulkill Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Shenandoah, Pennsylvania

Shenandoah is a borough in Schuylkill County in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania. Ashland, Pennsylvania and Shenandoah, Pennsylvania are coal towns in Pennsylvania, Municipalities of the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania and Populated places established in 1820.

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Susquehanna River

The Susquehanna River (Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, crossing three lower Northeast states (New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland).

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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Water gap

A water gap is a gap that flowing water has carved through a mountain range or mountain ridge and that still carries water today.

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Whistler's Mother

Arrangement in Grey and Black No.

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William J. Waltersheid

William John Waltersheid (born November 18, 1956) is an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Woody Erdman

Ellis E. "Woody" Erdman (April 16, 1926, Ashland, Pennsylvania – February 10, 1997, Greensboro, North Carolina) was an American sportscaster, television producer, and businessman who served as chairman of Trans-National Communications, International Trade & Commerce Corporation and Boston Celtics.

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Works Progress Administration

The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.

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World

The world is the totality of entities, the whole of reality, or everything that exists.

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ZIP Code

A ZIP Code (an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan) is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS).

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The 1976 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season and is recognized as a consensus national champion.

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2020 United States census

The 2020 United States census was the 24th decennial United States census.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland,_Pennsylvania

Also known as Ashland, PA, UN/LOCODE:USXBH.

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Ashland, Pennsylvania, the Glossary

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See also

1857 establishments in Pennsylvania

Municipalities of the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania

References