ASHLAND, a borough of Schuylkill county, Pa., U.S.A., in the anthracite region, about 4o m. S.W. of Wilkesbarre. It is served by the Lehigh Valley and the Reading railways. The population in 193o was 7,164. The borough is built on the slope of Locust mountain, about 885 ft. above sea-level.* Coal-mining is the principal occupation, but there are foundries and machine and car shops. The Miners' State hospital is here. Ashland was laid out in 1847 and incorporated in