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McAdoo
Pennsylvaniaborough
McAdoo
Total population
2,501
Median home value
$90,000
Bachelor's+
Median income
$45,753
Founded
1896
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
McAdoo is a borough and coal town in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Hazleton and seven miles north of Tamaqua. McAdoo contains the picturesque Silver Brook Meadow. In the past, anthracite coal mining and a shirt factory, the McAdoo Manufacturing Company, provided gainful employment to the populace. The population was 2,477 at the 2020 census.
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Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land. McAdoo's elevation is 1700 feet above sea level. It is on the crest of Broad Mountain and straddles the divide between the Delaware and Susquehanna watersheds. Pennsylvania Route 309 (Kennedy Drive) is the main north-to-south thoroughfare. Interstate 81 runs a short distance west of town and parallel to PA 309. The two routes have an access highway connecting them just south of McAdoo at exit 138 of I-81. McAdoo has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) and the hardiness zone is 6a. Average monthly temperatures range from 23.5 °F in January to 70.1 °F in July.
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- McAdoo-Kelayres El/MSElementary · McAdoo · 839 students · 19.5:1 ratio
- Tamaqua El SchElementary · Tamaqua · 695 students · 18.8:1 ratio
- Tamaqua Area SHSHigh · Tamaqua · 691 students · 16.1:1 ratio
- Tamaqua Area MSMiddle · Tamaqua · 433 students · 13.5:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library