[2][3] The district is a working-class neighborhood of privately and company built housing running along the north side of the Conemaugh River.

[1][5] The district is one of several in the Johnstown area, all are typical nineteenth century western Pennsylvania industrial communities, including Cambria City, Moxham, and Old Conemaugh.

[7] The Minersville Historic District consists of 92 residences and one fraternal club, all built between 1880 and 1945, though the strongest growth came in the early 1900s.

Due to its hillside location, Minersville survived the 1889 Johnstown Flood.

[1] That same year, the district was selected as a training site for undergraduate researchers by the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.