Situated in the eastern section of Tremont Township, it was incorporated as a borough in 1866, around the same time that a water system was erected in the community.

[5] According to historian Samuel T. Wiley, no major buildings had been erected, by 1844, on the land that would eventually become the borough of Tremont,[6] while historians Adolf Schalck and David Henning stated that a concerted settlement effort began here sometime that year, "stimulated by the extensive coal developments in the vicinity.

[6] Incorporated as a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania in 1866,[6] Tremont was home to a water works system that was built by Isaac P. Bechtel around the same time as the community's legal formation.

[10] The community also supported two newspapers: the Tremont News and the West Schuylkill Press, the latter of which was established and operated by S. C. Kirk until 1884, when he transferred editorial control to John A.

[11] According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all land.

There were seven hundred and forty-nine housing units at an average density of 968.0 per square mile (373.7/km2).