Ashland, Pennsylvania
Ashland, Pennsylvania ranks 13,449th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Maud, Oklahoma, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and Tualatin, Oregon. Memorable people born in Ashland, Pennsylvania include Janet Asimov. Ashland, Pennsylvania has been the birth place of many writers. Ashland, Pennsylvania is located in United States.
Ashland is a borough in Schuylkill County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Pottsville. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. A small part of the borough also lies in Columbia County, although all of the population resided in the Schuylkill County portion as of the 2020 census. The borough lies in the anthracite coal region of eastern Pennsylvania. Settled in 1850, Ashland was incorporated in 1857, and was named for Henry Clay's estate near Lexington, Kentucky. The population in 1900 was 6,438, and in 1940, 7,045, but had dropped to 2,471 at the 2020 census. Read more on Wikipedia
People
In 1926, Ashland, Pennsylvania was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Janet Asimov.
People Born in Ashland, Pennsylvania
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Ashland, Pennsylvania were writers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, writers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Ashland, Pennsylvania, including Janet Asimov. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Ashland, Pennsylvania, including Janet Asimov.
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Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Ashland, Pennsylvania since 1700.
