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The county is part of the Central Pennsylvania region of the state. [a] The county was formed in 1772 from parts of Lancaster, Berks, Bedford, Cumberland, and Northampton Counties and named for the county of Northumberland in northern England. Northumberland County is a fifth class county according to the Pennsylvania's County Code. [3]
Northumberland is located at (40.893935, -76.795975), [5] approximately 60 miles northeast of Harrisburg It sits at the confluence of the north and west branches of the Susquehanna River . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the borough has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km 2 ), all land.
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on National Register of Historic Places in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
Parts of Lycoming, Mifflin, Northumberland, and Huntingdon Counties: Centre Furnace, the first industrial facility in the area 157,795: 1,112 sq mi (2,880 km 2) Chester County: 029: West Chester: 1682: One of the original counties at the formation of Pennsylvania: The English city of Chester in the county of Cheshire: 549,784: 760 sq mi (1,968 ...
Pages in category "History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The following is a list of census-designated places within the US state of Pennsylvania, ... Dewart - Northumberland County; Dicksonville - Indiana County;
Fort Augusta was a stronghold in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the upper Susquehanna Valley from the time of the French and Indian War to the close of the American Revolution. At the time, it was the largest British fort in Pennsylvania, with earthen walls more than two hundred feet long topped by wooden fortifications.