The Mahanoy Plane, which operated from 1862 to 1931 on Broad Mountain just to the north of the borough, was able to hoist 50,000 tons of coal daily.

Industrial relics and infrastructure can be found in the thick forest north of the borough's youth baseball complex, but historical preservation or restoration has yet to take place of such structures.

The week-long event, from August 22 to 28, hosted parades each night and brought the community closer together.

It culminated with a Frackville Cruise Night, which had car routes defined for roadways throughout the borough.

Many Frackville's residents are employed at local factories of other industries, retail outlets, and the numerous Pennsylvania State Prisons in the immediate area.

More commute daily for work in the cities of Pottsville, Hazleton, Allentown, Reading, or Harrisburg.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), all land.

It is located on the north slope of Broad Mountain and is drained by the Mahanoy Creek into the Susquehanna River.

It has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) and average monthly temperatures range from 24.8 °F in January to 70.5 °F in July.

Frackville is served by local, state and county law enforcement agencies.

The Schuylkill County Sheriff's Department also retains jurisdiction and provides police service to Frackville.

The most common ancestries claimed by residents of Frackville are Polish (19.8%), Italian (17.2%), German (11.1%), Lithuanian (7.8%), and Ukrainian (5.6%), reflecting late 19th and early 20th-century immigration to the area.