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Norristown, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Norristown is in a rich agricultural region; in the past, it had extensive manufactures of cigars, tacks, wire, screws, boilers, bolts, silos, tanks, iron, hosiery, knitting machines, underwear, shirts, lumber and milling machinery, paper boxes, rugs, carpets, etc. Norristown was incorporated as a borough in 1812, its population then being about 500. |
 | | As of the 2004 census, Norristown population was 30,873. |
 | | The census count of Hispanics in Norristown is thought to be a vast understatement because of the increasing number of illegal immigrants, many of whom are fearful of deportation should they participate in government surveys. |
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