Kelayres, Pennsylvania

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Kelayres, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 40°54′03″N76°00′13″W / 40.90083°N 76.00361°W / 40.90083; -76.00361
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Schuylkill
Township Kline
Area
[1]
 • Total
0.12 sq mi (0.30 km2)
 • Land0.12 sq mi (0.30 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,752 ft (534 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total
497
 • Density4,321.74/sq mi (1,675.73/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
18231
Area code(s) 570 and 272
GNIS feature ID1178312 [3]

Kelayres is a census-designated place in Kline Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States on Broad Mountain, just west of McAdoo. Reservoir Number 8 is just west of Kelayres and drains northward into the Catawissa Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River. It is served by the Hazleton Area School District. The local pronunciation of the village is "Key-lar-es" and its ZIP code is 18231. [4] As of the 2010 census the population was 533 residents. Kelayres is in area code 570, served by the 929 McAdoo exchange.

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Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 497—
U.S. Decennial Census [5]

History

Kelayres achieved national notoriety in 1934 when local politics led to the Kelayres massacre, on election eve, November 5, 1934. Five people were killed, while at least one dozen were injured. The breaking story was played up for its political angle on election day. Local Republican boss Joseph James Bruno and six members of his immediate family were arrested and tried for the murders. Six received convictions and prison sentences. Bruno again achieved national notoriety when he escaped from jail in December 1936. He was recaptured in August 1937. They were all eventually pardoned, Joseph Bruno being the last of the family pardoned, on December 24, 1947. [6]

Education

The Hazleton Area School District covers the CDP. [7] The district operates McAdoo-Kelayres Elementary-Middle School in McAdoo. All Kelayres residents are zoned to the Hazleton Area High School in Hazle Township. [8]

Transportation

Kelayres is the southern terminus of Hazleton Public Transit bus route 20. In McAdoo a connection may be made with Schuylkill Transportation System.

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The Kelayres massacre was a shooting attack that took place the evening of November 5, 1934 in the coal-mining village of Kelayres, Pennsylvania, United States. An election-eve parade and rally by Democrats was fired on by multiple shooters as it passed the home of Joseph James Bruno, known as "Big Joe", the local Republican boss. Three victims died almost immediately and two others died over the next two days.

References

  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Kelayres". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ↑ Hipcodes.com
  5. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ "King of the Mountain: The Bruno Family Story" page 233 by Bruce Boyd, 2016 Ingram Publishing
  7. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Schuylkill County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved December 13, 2024. - Text list
  8. ↑ "Locate Us." Hazleton Area School District. Retrieved on July 18, 2016.


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