WayfarrowMiddle Creek
Ghost town · Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Middle Creek is a ghost town in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It is the only former community in Schuylkill County recorded on the federal names register, out of 102 across Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Middle Creek as a historical populated place on the Minersville topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.6473° N, 76.3547° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Minersville |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 911 ft |
| Nearest living town | Newtown, PA |
| Distance to it | 0.6 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1197673 |
| Coordinates | 40.64731, -76.35467 |
What's there now
Middle Creek is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Newtown, PA (population 236), about 0.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 911 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Schuylkill County Bridge No. 114covered bridge · Schuylkill County · 7.3 mi
- Schuylkill County Bridge No. 113covered bridge · Schuylkill County · 7.7 mi
- Centraliaghost town · Columbia County · 10.8 mi
- Kreigbaum Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Northumberland County · 16 mi
- Rausch Gapghost town · Lebanon County · 16.4 mi
- Wagner Covered Bridge No. 19covered bridge · Columbia County · 17 mi
- Richards Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Northumberland County · 17.2 mi
- Johnson Covered Bridge No. 28covered bridge · Columbia County · 17.3 mi
- Snyder Covered Bridge No. 17covered bridge · Columbia County · 17.7 mi
- Lawrence L. Knoebel Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Northumberland County · 17.8 mi
- Davis Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Columbia County · 18.8 mi
- Furnace Covered Bridge No. 11covered bridge · Columbia County · 18.8 mi
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.