Gratz

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Gratz

Total population

745

Median home value

$147,300

8.2%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$0

Founded

1805

Elevation810 m

Land area7.64 km²

Weather83°F · Chance Rain Showers

Coordinates40.61°, -76.72°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Gratz is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 743 at the time of the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 765 in 2010.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Gratz, PA from NOAA NWS API.

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

G

Gary Collins

American football player (born 1940)

C

Charles Bergstresser

American publisher and journalist (1858–1923)

Arthur Byron Coble

American mathematician (1878-1966)

B

Bill Hart

American baseball player

Carl Scheib

American baseball player

Dave Hoover

American comic book artist and animator (1955-2011)

D

Dutch Romberger

Major League Baseball pitcher (1927–1983)

E

Ed Clough

Major League Baseball player

F

Fred Stiely

baseball player

H

Harry E. Trout

American football coach (1876–1941)

J

Jay Feaster

American ice hockey executive

T

Thomas W. Hoffman

American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient

H

Hezekiah Charles Ullman

father of Douglas Fairbanks (1833-1915)

Charles A. Snyder

American politician (1867–1931)

G

Gilbert H. Mitchell Jr.

cornettist, conductor and educator

Abraham Franklin Snyder

husband of Mildred Harrington

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Pennsylvania

• Klingerstown
  3.8 mi away
• Berrysburg
  5 mi away
• Elizabethville
  6.7 mi away
• Herndon
  10.2 mi away
• Dalmatia
  10.3 mi away
• Fort Indiantown Gap
  13.3 mi away
• Lenkerville
  13.8 mi away · pop. 775
• Fairview-Ferndale
  14.1 mi away
• Liverpool
  14.7 mi away
• Freeburg
  15.9 mi away
• Hummels Wharf
  16.8 mi away
• Locust Gap
  18.3 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Gratz

Church and World

Barry Ridge · 2017

The Gratz sesquicentennial, July 2-3-4, 1955

1956

Rebecca Gratz

Dianne Ashton · 1997

Publications of the Gratz College

Gratz College (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 1897

Statistical data of the Jewish religious schools of Baltimore, Maryland and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

Gratz College (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 1909

The monument for the six million Jewish martyrs

Gratz College (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 1964

Course of study

Gratz College (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 1985

Statistical data of the Jewish religious schools of Philadelphia for 1906-1907

Gratz College (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 1907

Search results from Open Library.