Kelayres, Pennsylvania

Kelayres Post Office.

Kelayres, Pennsylvania is a census-designated place in Kline Township, Schuylkill County 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 "Clairs" and its zip code is 18231. As of the 2010 census the population was 533 residents. Kelayres is in Area Code 570, served by the 929 McAdoo exchange.

Kelayres achieved national notoriety in 1934 when local politics led to the Kelayres massacre, election eve, November 5. Five were killed, at least a dozen 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.

Education

The Hazleton Area School District operates public schools, including the McAdoo-Kelayres Elementary-Middle School in McAdoo. All Kelayres residents are zoned to the Hazleton Area High School in Hazle Township.^[1]

Humboldt

Harwood

Audenried, Beaver Brook

Sheppton

McAdoo

Kelayres

Lofty

McAdoo Heights, Haddock

New Silver Brook

Municipalities and communities of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Pottsville

City	Pottsville

Boroughs	Ashland‡ Auburn Coaldale Cressona Deer Lake Frackville Gilberton Girardville Gordon Landingville Mahanoy City McAdoo Mechanicsville Middleport Minersville Mount Carbon New Philadelphia New Ringgold Orwigsburg Palo Alto Pine Grove Port Carbon Port Clinton Ringtown Schuylkill Haven Shenandoah St. Clair Tamaqua Tower City Tremont

Townships	Barry Blythe Branch Butler Cass Delano East Brunswick East Norwegian East Union Eldred Foster Frailey Hegins Hubley Kline Mahanoy New Castle North Manheim North Union Norwegian Pine Grove Porter Reilly Rush Ryan Schuylkill South Manheim Tremont Union Upper Mahantongo Walker Washington Wayne West Brunswick West Mahanoy West Penn

CDPs	Altamont Beurys Lake Branchdale Brandonville Buck Run Cumbola Delano Donaldson Duncott Englewood Forestville Fountain Springs Friedensburg Grier City Heckscherville Hegins Hometown Kelayres Klingerstown Lake Wynonah Lavelle Locustdale‡ Marlin McKeansburg Muir New Boston-Morea Newtown Nuremberg‡ Oneida Orwin Park Crest Ravine Reinerton Renningers Seltzer Shenandoah Heights Sheppton Summit Station Tuscarora Valley View

Unincorporated communities	Andreas‡ Barnesville Boston Run Brockton Clamtown Connerton Drehersville Fearnot Glen Carbon Hauto‡ Llewellyn Mahoning Valley‡ Mary D Newkirk Pitman Quakake Rauschs Reedsville Reevesdale Rough and Ready Sacramento Snyders South Tamaqua Weishample

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°54′03″N 76°00′13″W / 40.90083°N 76.00361°W / 40.90083; -76.00361

References

↑ "Locate Us." Hazleton Area School District. Retrieved on July 18, 2016.

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