Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania
borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States
Mahanoy City is a borough located 38 miles (61 km) southwest of Wilkes-Barre and 13 miles southwest of Hazleton, in northern Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Coal Region of Pennsylvania and is surrounded by (but not part of) Mahanoy Township.
As of the 2020 census, Mahanoy City had a population of 3,499.
The name Mahanoy is believed to be a variation of the Delaware word Maghonioy, or "the salt deposits".
History
Mahanoy City lies in a valley in the Pennsylvania Coal Region and was a major center of anthracite production; the area was embroiled in the Molly Maguires incidents. In 2010, the borough erected the Molly Maguire Historic Park, which features a Zenos Frudakis statue of a hooded miner on a gallows about to be hanged. The borough's principal industries remain the mining and shipping of coal, although the demand for it has steadily declined since its peak in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In 1930 the St. Nicholas Breaker was built and went into operation in 1932. A controlled explosion destroyed the breaker in March 2018.
The public source identifies “Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania” as borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mahanoy, City and Pennsylvania.
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