Suedberg is an

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, United States.

Geography

Suedberg is located in Pine Grove Township, just above

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along

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, also known as Suedberg Road. The Suedberg Fossil Site is located here. Mill Creek enters the

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at Suedberg. Mill Creek, along with its branches, is impounded by the Siegrist Dam to create the Lebanon Reservoir. The Lebanon Reservoir serves as the primary water supply of

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History

Suedberg was settled as Mifflin. A post office called Mifflin was established in 1871 and closed in 1882. In 1894, it opened and renamed to Suedberg and remained in operation until 1934. The Suedberg Church of God was established in 1870 or 1871, under the pastorate of Elder Israel Hay, of Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania. The old railroad bed of the Lebanon & Tremont Branch of the

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ran through Suedberg, connecting the West End coalfields of Schuylkill County with the town of

and paralleling the

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below Pine Grove. The railroad was operant until the 1960s when

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was completed. The branch was abandoned east of Suedberg in 1965, and the remainder between 1978 and 1981.

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abandoned the line, with the former roadbed being transferred to the state.

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Geography

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