Klingerstown Pennsylvania Map

About Klingerstown, Pennsylvania

Klingerstown is a locality in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 105. The population density is 67.8 people per km². Klingerstown is located at 40.6604°N, 76.6894°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17941.

Klingerstown rests in a quiet fold of Schuylkill County, where the land begins its slow, deliberate rise toward the broader Appalachian spine. It lies 24.8 miles north-north-east of Lower Paxton, PA (from Lower Paxton, PA: bearing 12°T), and is situated 6.5 miles north of Lykens. Rolling hills, cloaked in the deep greens of summer or the burnished golds of autumn, hem the small cluster of buildings, their slopes punctuated by the darker, more resilient pines that cling to the steeper inclines. The air here often carries the clean, damp scent of earth after a rain, and in the early mornings, a fine mist can settle over the fields, softening the edges of barns and blurring the distant tree lines. Sunlight, when it breaks through, possesses a peculiar clarity, illuminating the quiet industry of the landscape – the patient growth of corn, the sturdy resilience of oak, the slow, unhurried passage of clouds across a wide, pale sky. The history of Klingerstown is written in the furrowed fields and the names etched onto weathered gravestones. This was a place shaped by the quiet determination of farmers and the deep, resonant hum of industry that once pulsed through the surrounding hills. The local economy, now largely agrarian, echoes an earlier era when coal was king, and the echoes of those times, though fainter, can still be felt in the way the land has been worked and re-worked. The distinctive character of Klingerstown is one of enduring practicality, a place where the seasons dictate the rhythm of life, and where the quiet persistence of nature is a constant, subtle reminder of deeper, older forces at play.

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Detailed location data for Klingerstown includes the ZIP code (17941), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Schuylkill County (Pottsville), and school district assignment (Tri-Valley School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Klingerstown is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.