Yorkville (Pottsville, Pennsylvania)
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Yorkville is a neighborhood located in the western section of Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It begins at 18th St. in the city and continues westward to the city limits. Mahantongo Street, once home to many prominent residents of Pottsville, is also located within the neighborhood. Yorkville was incorporated as a borough on March 8, 1865, and its first burgess was Joseph Scheibelhut. In 1900 the borough had a population of 1,125 and was later annexed by the city of Pottsville in 1908. Until recently, it was a middle to upper-middle class and heavily German Catholic neighborhood.
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A History of Schuylkill County, W.W. Munsell, New York, 1881
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