Pottsville usually refers to the city of
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Pottsville is the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,346 at the 2020 census, and is the principal city of the Pottsville, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies along the west bank of th ...
, in the United States.
Pottsville may also refer to:
Other communities
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Pottsville, New South Wales
Pottsville is a town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire. At the 2016 Census, Pottsville had a population of 6,704. Bill Potts owned the first house in Pottsville around and the location was initially n ...
, Australia
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Pottsville, Arkansas
Pottsville is a city in Pope County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 3,140. It is part of the Russellville Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Pottsville is surrounded by Russellville to the west, Atkins ...
, United States
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Pottsville, Kentucky
Pottsville is an unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky, United States."Feature Detail Report for: Pottsville, Kentucky." USGS
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a sc ...
, United States
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Pottsville, Texas
Pottsville is an unincorporated community located in western Hamilton County in Central Texas, United States.
History
Named for early settler John Potts, who was a shepherd, the community was founded as a dry town in 1872 when Edmund T. Goggin ...
, United States
*Pottsville, Ontario, Canada - destroyed in 1911 due to
Great Porcupine Fire
The Great Porcupine Fire of 1911 was one of the most devastating forest fires ever to strike the Ontario northland. Spring had come early that year, followed by an abnormally hot dry spell that lasted into the summer. This created ideal condition ...
Geology
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Pottsville Escarpment The Pottsville Escarpment is a resistant sandstone belt of cliffs and steep sided, narrow crested valleys in eastern Kentucky, USA. It features rock shelters, waterfalls, and natural bridges. It is also called the Cumberland Escarpment and forms ...
, a resistant sandstone belt in eastern Kentucky, USA
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Pottsville Formation
The Pennsylvanian Pottsville Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, western Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, and Alabama. It is a major ridge-former in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians of the eastern United States. The Pottsvi ...
, a bedrock unit in the Appalachian Mountains of North America
Sports
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Pottsville Colts
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*"Atlantic League" (1907–1909)
* Pennsylvania State League (1901)
* Central Pennsylvania League (1897)
* Pennsylvania State League (1894–1896)
* Interstate Association (1883)
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, a defunct American minor league baseball club that played from 1883 to 1907 in Pennsylvania
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Pottsville Maroons
The Pottsville Maroons were an American football team based in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in the northeastern part of the state. Founded in 1920, they played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1925 to 1928. In 1929 they relocated to Bosto ...
, a now-defunct American football team that played from 1925 to 1929 in Pennsylvania
Other
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Pottsville Area School District
Pottsville Area School District is a midsized, rural/suburban public school district located in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, serving students in central Schuylkill County. It encompasses approximately . The district serves the City of Pottsville and ...
(Pennsylvania)
See also
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Pottstown (disambiguation)
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