Lavelle, Pennsylvania
Lavelle is a census-designated place that is located in Butler Township, Schuylkill County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United States. Situated on Pennsylvania Route 901, it was part of the Lavelle-Locustdale CDP for the 2000 census, before the communities were split into the two separate CDPs of Lavelle and Locustdale.
Lavelle, Pennsylvania | |
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Main Street, Lavelle, Pennsylvania | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Schuylkill |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.13 sq mi (2.94 km2) |
| • Land | 1.13 sq mi (2.94 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 708 |
| • Density | 624.34/sq mi (241.04/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 42-41904 |
Originally named Salome, as a tribute to the wife of one of the town's pioneer settlers, the community was officially renamed as Lavelle sometime around 1880 in honor of Martin M. Lavelle, an Ashland, Pennsylvania attorney who had been a cavalryman during the American Civil War.
During the late nineteenth century, the community of Lavelle was described by area newspapers as a hamlet. By the late twentieth century, it was still small, referred to in its own public notices as the Village of Lavelle.