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Tourist attractions: Ashland Area Historic Preservation Society (318 Center St), Ashland Community Enterprises Inc (Tours & Charters; 19 Oak Sts).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Ashland and their reported violations in the past:
ASHLAND AREA WATER AUTHORITY (Population served: 4200, Surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In SEP-2005. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-30-2005), St Consent Decree/Judgement (NOV-30-2005), St Compliance achieved (DEC-22-2005)
- M&R Filter Turbidity Reporting - In SEP-2005, Contaminant: IESWTR. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-30-2005), St Consent Decree/Judgement (NOV-30-2005), St Compliance achieved (DEC-22-2005)
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JUL-2005 and SEP-2005, Contaminant: Chlorine. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-30-2005), St Consent Decree/Judgement (NOV-30-2005), St Compliance achieved (DEC-22-2005)
- Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In SEP-2004. Follow-up actions: St Compliance Meeting conducted (NOV-15-2004), St Compliance achieved (DEC-27-2004), St Consent Decree/Judgement (DEC-27-2004)
- Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In AUG-2004. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-08-2004), St Compliance achieved (DEC-27-2004), St Consent Decree/Judgement (DEC-27-2004)
- One minor monitoring violation
- 13 other older monitoring violations
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This borough: | 12.8% | | Whole state: | 11.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This borough: | 4.1% | | Whole state: | 5.1% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Ashland, PA
Ashland compared to Pennsylvania state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- House age significantly above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Ashland (2009 data):
- Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company: Ashland Branch at 800-804 Centre Street, branch established on 1964-08-10. Info updated 2007-12-13: Bank assets: $64,824.2 mil, Deposits: $42,406.1 mil, headquarters in Buffalo, NY, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 707 total offices, Holding Company: Allied Irish Banks, P.L.c.
- Susquehanna Bank: Ashland Branch at 725 Centre Street, branch established on 1875-06-24. Info updated 2008-11-07: Bank assets: $13,406.7 mil, Deposits: $9,071.9 mil, headquarters in Lititz, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 242 total offices, Holding Company: Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Schuylkill County Pennsylvania:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
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Religon statistics for Ashland
| Name | Catholic Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | United Church of Christ | United Methodist Church | Episcopal Church |
| Adherents | 56.8% | 17.7% | 11.0% | 7.4% | 0.8% |
| Congregations | 27.6% | 15.5% | 16.2% | 16.2% | 1.3% |
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| Name | Salvation Army | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses | International Church of the Foursquare Gospel | Other religions |
| Adherents | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Congregations | 0.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 17.8% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
2 | $10,407 | $62,442 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
5 | $9,766 | $23,438 | 1 | $220 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
6 | $24,798 | $49,596 | 7 | $4,146 |
| Police - Other |
1 | $2,868 | $34,416 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 5 | $1,269 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $3,500 | $42,000 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $806 |
| Solid Waste Management |
2 | $7,129 | $42,774 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
5 | $15,598 | $37,435 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
2 | $7,129 | $42,774 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
24 | $81,195 | $40,598 | 15 | $6,441 |
Ashland government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $2,000
- Charges - Sewerage: $313,000
Solid Waste Management: $141,000
Parking Facilities: $28,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $87,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $467,000
Sewerage: $345,000
Solid Waste Management: $165,000
Regular Highways: $144,000
Central Staff Services: $91,000
Fire Protection: $52,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $23,000
Housing & Community Development: $23,000
Financial Administration: $22,000
General Public Buildings: $21,000
Parks & Recreation: $16,000
Health Services - Other: $4,000
General - Other: $2,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,000
- Employee Retirement - Total Cash & Deposits: $1,074,000
Benefit Payments: $37,000
Interest Revenue: $22,000
From Other Government: $8,000
From Local Government: $2,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $47,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $108,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $13,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,793,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $1,745,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,745,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $53,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $1,740,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $37,000
Interest Earnings: $2,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $116,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $66,000
All Other: $12,000
General Support: $3,000
- Tax - Property: $377,000
Individual Income: $222,000
NEC: $62,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $780,000
3.76% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,458 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 3.76% | | Pennsylvania average: | 4.99% |
0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($236 average AGI)| Schuylkill County: | 0.04% | | Pennsylvania average: | 0.12% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
3.39% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,732 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 3.39% | | Pennsylvania average: | 5.08% |
0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($227 average AGI)| Schuylkill County: | 0.03% | | Pennsylvania average: | 0.05% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Ashland:
- WPPA (1360 AM; 5 kW; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: POTTSVILLE BROADCASTING CO.)
- WEEU (830 AM; 20 kW; READING, PA; Owner: WEEU BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WKOK (1070 AM; 10 kW; SUNBURY, PA; Owner: SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
- WOGY (1300 AM; 5 kW; WEST HAZLETON, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
- KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
- WISL (1480 AM; 1 kW; SHAMOKIN, PA; Owner: BASIC LICENSING, INC.)
- WPAM (1450 AM; 1 kW; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: CURRAN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
- WRKK (1200 AM; 10 kW; HUGHESVILLE, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Ashland:
- WSPI (99.7 FM; MOUNT CARMEL, PA; Owner: H & P COMMUNICATIONS, LTD)
- WFYY (106.5 FM; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Owner: RADIO FRIENDZ, INC.)
- WAVT-FM (101.9 FM; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: POTTSVILLE BROADCASTING CO.)
- W299AF (107.7 FM; CATAWISSA, PA; Owner: SALT & LIGHT MEDIA MINISTRIES, INC.)
- W220BE (91.9 FM; ST. CLAIR, PA; Owner: SALT & LIGHT MEDIA MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WBLJ-FM (95.3 FM; SHAMOKIN, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WQKX (94.1 FM; SUNBURY, PA; Owner: SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WEGH (107.3 FM; NORTHUMBERLAND, PA; Owner: SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WPGM-FM (96.7 FM; DANVILLE, PA; Owner: MONTROSE BROADCASTING CORP.)
- W256AB (99.1 FM; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV OF COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM)
- WBSX (97.9 FM; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WLGL (92.3 FM; RIVERSIDE, PA; Owner: SUNAIR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WMGH-FM (105.5 FM; TAMAQUA, PA; Owner: J-SYSTEMS FRANCHISING CORP.)
- WMGS (92.9 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WVLY-FM (100.9 FM; MILTON, PA; Owner: MILTON-LEWISBURG BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WVIA-FM (89.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TV ASSN.)
- WITF-FM (89.5 FM; HARRISBURG, PA; Owner: WITF, INC.)
- W290AC (105.9 FM; PALMERTON, PA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
- WBHT (97.1 FM; MOUNTAIN TOP, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WQSU (88.9 FM; SELINSGROVE, PA; Owner: SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY)
TV broadcast stations around Ashland:
- WLYH-TV (Channel 15; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: TELEVISION STATION GROUP LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
- WNEP-TV (Channel 16; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
- WVIA-TV (Channel 44; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NE PA ED TV ASSOCIATION)
- WBRE-TV (Channel 28; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: NEXSTAR BROADCASTING OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, L.L.C.)
- WYOU (Channel 22; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: MISSION BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WOLF-TV (Channel 56; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: WOLF LICENSE CORP.)
- W24BL (Channel 24; POTTSVILLE, ETC., PA; Owner: NEXSTAR BROADCASTING OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, L.L.C.)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2007 (per 100,000 population)
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Ashland, Pennsylvania:
- Fatal accident count: 8
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 8
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 2
- Fatalities: 9
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 21
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 2
Pennsylvania average:
- Fatal accident count: 83
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 119
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 25
- Fatalities: 89
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 209
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 15
See more detailed statistics of Ashland fatal accidents for 1975 - 2007 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 3
Total length: 5 meters (16ft)
Total costs: $280,000
Total average daily traffic: 16,635
Total average daily truck traffic: 1,412
Total future (year 2001) average daily traffic: 25,032
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1- Robert C Green, Hilltop South End Of Brough Of Ashland, Type: Tower, Structure height: 100.3 m, Overall height: 106.1 m
Registrant: Jordan Realty, Inc., 210 West Market Street, Pottsville, PA 17901, Phone: (570) 628-5209, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3- Ashland Hospital Route 61, Call Sign: WXR349, Licensee ID: L00016049
Assigned Frequencies : 155.175 MHz, 155.340 MHz Grant Date: 08/23/2003, Expiration Date: 11/15/2013
Registrant: County Of Schuylkill, 2nd & Laurel Sts, Pottsville, PA 17901 - Rt 901 2 Mi S I81, Call Sign: WNCK985
Assigned Frequencies : 35.8000 MHz Grant Date: 04/18/2000, Expiration Date: 05/09/2005, Cancelation Date: 06/10/2004
Registrant: Walter R Lindenmuth, Ashland, PA 17921, Phone: (717) 875-3546 - 38 Line St, Type: Mast, Structure height: 10.7 m, Overall height: 12.2 m, Call Sign: WQHC816
Assigned Frequencies : 72.3200 MHz Grant Date: 06/28/2007, Expiration Date: 06/28/2017, Certifier: Thomas Kowalonek
Registrant: Primex Wireless, Inc, 965 Wells St, Lake Geneva, WI 53147, Phone: (262) 248-3000
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1- ASHLAND, Rte 61 Butler, Overall height: 94.5 m, Call Sign: WMS770
Assigned Frequencies : 2178.00 MHz Grant Date: 02/06/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancelation Date: 01/05/2007, Certifier: John T Scott Iii
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30004, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1- On Sr-61 1 Mile Se Of, Call Sign: KGA589
Assigned Frequencies : 152.180 MHz Grant Date: 02/18/2009, Expiration Date: 04/01/2019
Registrant: Fiorio Communications Consulting, 210 West Market Street, Pottsville, PA 17901, Phone: (570) 628-5559, Fax: (570) 622-6666, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 5- Call Sign: KA3JUO, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 08/11/1987, Expiration Date: 08/11/1997, Cancelation Date: 08/16/1999
Registrant: John F Clarke, 901 Walnut St, Ashland, PA 17921 - Call Sign: KA3RUY, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 03/13/1997, Expiration Date: 03/13/2007, Cancelation Date: 03/14/2009
Registrant: Albert D Johnson, 1526 Walnut St, Ashland, PA 17921 - Call Sign: WB3CRM, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01207337
Grant Date: 10/31/2006, Expiration Date: 10/31/2016
Registrant: John E Holleran, 15 Whites Lane, Ashland, PA 17921 - Call Sign: W3CK, Previous Call Sign: KA3UTW, Licensee ID: L00211550
Grant Date: 07/07/2000, Expiration Date: 07/07/2010, Certifier: Mark A Barket
Registrant: Mark A Barket, 745 Fountain St, Ashland, PA 17921 - Call Sign: KB3NXT, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01183797
Grant Date: 08/18/2006, Expiration Date: 08/18/2016, Certifier: Joseph J Konas
Registrant: Joseph J Konas, 28 Silver St, Ashland, PA 17921
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 2- Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-140 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 107 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 32305 , Serial Number: 28-7525047, Year manufactured: 1974, Airworthiness Date: 10/21/1974
Registrant (Individual): Bruce R Mccormick, 467 Malones Rd, Ashland, PA 17921 - Aircraft: CESSNA 340A (Fixed wing multi engine, Category: Land, Engines: 2, Seats: 6, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 90 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 340ST , Serial Number: 340A0528, Year manufactured: 1978, Airworthiness Date: 07/05/1978
Registrant (Corporation): N340st LLC, 79 Country Club Rd, Ashland, PA 17921
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 21
- Hazardous Condition: 26
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Ashland, PA
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