Gilberton is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, four miles (7 km) west by south of Mahanoy City.

[4] Extensive deposits of anthracite coal are in the region, and coal-mining had been practiced by many of the 4,373 people who lived there in 1900.

The borough is made up of three small villages, Mahanoy Plane, Maizeville and Ducktown.

(Gilberton Proper) [citation needed] As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 867 people, 385 households, and 219 families residing in the borough.

The racial makeup of the borough was 97.92% White, 0.35% Native American, 1.61% Asian, and 0.12% from two or more races.