Cressona Map
Cressona is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. Formed in 1857 from part of North Manheim Township, it was founded by and named for John Chapman Cresson, a Philadelphia civil engineer and manager of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, President of the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad and chief engineer of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
Cressona is located at 40°37?49?N 76°11?35?W / 40.63028°N 76.19306°W / 40.63028; -76.19306 (40.630214, -76.193003).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.6 km²), all of it land.
Nearby cities include Schuylkill Haven, Friedensburg, Tremont, Frackville, New Ringgold.