Working Cattle Horses for Sale near Swoyersville, PA

About Swoyersville, PA

The community was originally called Swoyerville; it was incorporated as a borough in 1888. The community was named after mine owner John Henry Swoyer. In the 1950s, the town held a special vote on whether to add an "s" to the borough's name. The measure passed and the borough became Swoyersville. Coal mining was the chief industry in and around Swoyersville for most of the 19th and 20th centuries.