Hometown, Pennsylvania

Hometown, Pennsylvania
The intersection of PA 54 and PA 309 in Hometown
Coordinates: 40°49′25″N 75°58′49″W / 40.82361°N 75.98028°W / 40.82361; -75.98028
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountySchuylkill
Area
  Total
2.00 sq mi (5.17 km2)
  Land2.00 sq mi (5.17 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,129 ft (344 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
1,414
  Density707.71/sq mi (273.27/km2)
Time zoneEastern (EST)
  Summer (DST)EDT
Area code570
FIPS code42-35448

Hometown is a village (a neighborhood, and now a census-designated place (CDP) once having a post office) in Rush Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States that sits astride a crossing point between important transportation corridors. The population was 1,399 at the 2000 census, and excepting for the area near the east–west PA 54 running mostly parallel to the tracks of the Reading, Blue Mountain, and Northern Railroad once the important east-west shortline Nesquehoning & Mahanoy Railroad and the PA 54 junction with PA 309.