Ashland, PA., a borough of Schuylkill co., 12 mi. n. w. of Pottsville, on the Philadelphia & Reading and the Lehigh Valley railroads. It is in the anthracite coal field, and coal mining is the chief industry, but there are also machine shops, foundries and factories. The State Miners' Hospital is here. The municipality owns and operates its waterworks. Ashland was settled in 1850 and incorporated in 1857. Population in 1910, 6855.