 Schuylkill County comprises the Pottsville, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area.It is located in the heart of the anthracite Coal Region of Eastern Pennsylvania.The lands constituting Schuylkill County were acquired by Penn's proprietors by treaty executed August 22, 1749, with representatives of the Six Nations and the Delaware, Shamokin and Shawnee, who received 500 pounds ""lawful money of Pennsylvania"".