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FRACKVILLE, a borough of Schuylkill county, Pa., U.S.A., 8m. N. of Pottsville. It is served by the Pennsylvania and the Reading railways. The population was 5,590 in 1920; 1930 it was 8,034. Anthracite mining is the principal occupation, and there are factories making saws, overalls and shirts.