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Welcome to Frackville Junction ...

Frackville Junction is located in Schuylkill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Frackville Junction, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Frackville Junction: Frackville Jct. (or less commonly used: Frackville Jctn.)

Frackville Junction is 1,470 feet [448 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Frackville Junction lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Frackville Junction ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Frackville Junction.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Frackville Junction. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Frackville Junction.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Frackville Junction. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frackville Junction.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Frackville Junction. See our Newspapers Page for Frackville Junction.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Frackville Junction ...

Looking for more information about Frackville Junction? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Frackville Junction, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Frackville Junction.

Adding Frackville Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Frackville Junction in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Frackville Junction was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Frackville Junction in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Frackville Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Schuylkill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Frackville Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.