Freeland, originally called Birbeckville after founder Joseph Birkbeck, then South Heberton, is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 18 miles (29 km) south of Wilkes-Barre and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Hazleton in an agricultural region. Freeland was officially incorporated as a borough on September 11, 1876. Coal-mining was a chief industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. At the 2010 census, the population was 3,531. As of April 2014, the current Mayor of Freeland is Mr. Ed Appleman, who beat out the former Mayor of Freeland, Ms. Tami Martin.
Population: 3,531
Latitude: 41° 01' 0.30" N
Longitude: -75° 53' 49.70" W
Luzerne County Community College, also known as LCCC, is a 2-year community college located in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. LCCC offers over 100 academic, technical, and career programs. It has an open admissions policy for most programs and has over 28…
Laurel Run is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
The Mud Run disaster was a train wreck that occurred on October 10, 1888 at Mud Run station in Kidder Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, on the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
Ashley is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, one mile (2 km) from Wilkes Barre. It was a productive coal-mining area at the start of the twentieth century.
Angela Park was an amusement park located along PA Route 309 in Butler Township, seven miles north of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. The park operated from 1957 through 1988 and its proximity to the Pocono Mountains made it a popular summer attraction in N…
WVIA-TV is the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member Public television station broadcasting on channel 41 to most of northeastern and central Pennsylvania.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
McAdoo is a borough and coal town in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Hazleton and 7 miles north of Tamaqua. McAdoo contains the picturesque Silver Brook Meadow. In the past, anthracite coal mining and a shir…
Hanover Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Summit Hill is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,034 at the 2010 census.
Hazle Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Coaldale is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. Settled in 1827, it was incorporated in 1906 from part of the former Rahn Township; it is named for the coal industry. Coaldale is in the southern Anthracite Coal region in the…
Penn State Hazleton is a commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University.
Holy Redeemer High School is a high school of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton. It is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States.
Weatherly a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States, located 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Jim Thorpe and 41 miles (66 km) northwest of Allentown. Early in the twentieth century, there were silk mills, foundries, a candy factory, a fab…
WBSX is a FM radio station licensed to the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, broadcasting to the Scranton/Wilkes Barre/Hazleton radio market on 97.9 MHz.
MMI Preparatory School is an independent, non-sectarian, coeducational college preparatory day school for grades 6-12. MMI is located between Centre and Ridge streets in Freeland, Pennsylvania.