Editing Lansford, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|1.6|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land. The town shares the border of Carbon and Schuylkill County with the abutting neighboring community of Coaldale, which is ''de facto'', a suburban bedroom neighborhood.  Lansford is 1&nbsp;mile north of [[Summit Hill, Pennsylvania|Summit Hill]] (where the first anthracite deposits mined by the [[Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company|Lehigh Coal Company]] were discovered in the 1780s); 10&nbsp;miles west of [[Lehighton, Pennsylvania|Lehighton]], and 6&nbsp;miles northeast of [[Tamaqua, Pennsylvania|Tamaqua]]. Lansford's elevation is 1145&nbsp;feet above sea level. It is also 36 miles northwest of [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]] and 9 miles south of [[Hazleton, Pennsylvania|Hazleton]]. It is located on the northwestern fringe of the [[Lehigh Valley]] and is at the southern end of the [[Coal Region]] and the [[Pocono Mountains]].

Lansford sits on the north slope of [[Pisgah Mountain]] above and along the south bank of the [[Panther Creek (Little Schuylkill River)|Panther Creek]] tributary of the [[Little Schuylkill River]], athwart [[U.S. Route 209|US-209]] west of [[Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania|Jim Thorpe]], [[Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania|Nesquehoning]], and the eastern extent of the  [[drainage divide|Lehigh-Schuylkill drainage divide]], down slope and below historic [[Summit Hill, Pennsylvania|Summit Hill]] and east of abutting [[Coaldale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania|Coaldale]] and [[Tamaqua, Pennsylvania]], both farther downstream and west. [[Nesquehoning Mountain]] dominates the north bank across the Panther Creek and the rich coal mines of the valley shipped coal through the {{convert|3800|ft|m|1}} long [[Hauto Tunnel]] of the [[Central Railroad of New Jersey]] (CNJ) competing for the rich trade with New York City and Philadelphia.

Hugh Vrablic is the Mayor of Lansford and is assisted by a council. The town also has a fire department and a police force.

Lansford is part of the Panther Valley School District and is the home of their newly remodeled football stadium and walking track.