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St. Clair is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. [4] It is located 2 mi (3.2 km) north of Pottsville in the southern Coal Region. Extensive deposits of hard coal are present. St. Clair is noted for manufacturing squibs, fuses and caps used in the mining industry. Mill Creek, which runs through the center of St. Clair ...
This proposed horse-powered railroad was to extend from near the mouth of Mill Creek [2] in Port Carbon, Pennsylvania to a point on the Center turnpike near the foot of Broad mountain towards St. Clair, Pennsylvania, to transport coal from mines along its route to Port Carbon where the commodity could be transferred to the Schuylkill Navigation ...
PA 61 leaves St. Clair for New Castle Township and becomes an unnamed four-lane undivided highway that heads into forested mountains to the west of Mill Creek. The road curves northwest and transitions into a three lane road with one northbound lane and two southbound lanes that reaches Darkwater, where it turns to the north.
Pennsylvania Route 866 passes through St. Clair, leading southeast 2 miles (3 km) to Williamsburg and northwest 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to U.S. Route 22 near Point View. St. Clair sits at the southern base of Short Mountain, which rises 900 feet (270 m) above the community to an elevation of 1,790 feet (550 m).
As of the census [5] of 2000, there were 415 people, 178 households, and 126 families residing in the township. The population density was 14.3 people per square mile (5.5 people/km 2).
The borough of Mill Creek is located in east-central Huntingdon County on the northeastern side of the Juniata River where it is joined by Mill Creek. U.S. Route 22 passes through the borough, leading northwestward 5 miles (8 km) to Huntingdon, the county seat, and southeastward 6 miles (10 km) to Mount Union.
The Swatara Creek, Wiconisco Creek, Mahantango Creek, Mahanoy Creek, and Catawissa Creek all start in Schuylkill County and are tributaries of the Susquehanna. Areas of the eastern portion of the county drain into the Lehigh River via the Quakake Creek , Nesquehoning Creek , Mahoning Creek, and Lizard Creek , all of which also start in the county.
St. Clair Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, was one of the original townships created with the incorporation of Allegheny County in 1788. The township was named after Arthur St. Clair , an American Revolutionary War general and president of the Continental Congress in 1787.