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  Northumberland County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Northumberland County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania.
The racial makeup of the county is 97.09% White, 1.52% Black or African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.47% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races.
In the county, the population is spread out with 21.90% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 27.70% from 25 to 44, 24.40% from 45 to 64, and 19.00% who are 65 years of age or older.
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 Encyclopedia: Edgewood, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Northumberland, Pennsylvania Northumberland is a borough located in 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 3...
Northumberland County, Ontario Northumberland County is situated on the north shore of Peterborough County.
Northumberland Strait The Northumberland Strait is a Nova Scotia.
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 Northumberland County Pennsylvania > Population | Home Ownership | Sales | Jobs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania is one of about 3,140 counties and county equivalents in the United States.
In 2003 the total population of Northumberland County was estimated to be 93,323 while the population of the entire state of Pennsylvania was estimated at 12,365,455.
Northumberland County had 38,835 households in 2000 with a median household income of $31,314 as compared to the Pennsylvania state-wide median family income of $40,106.
www.countyguide.com /Pennsylvania/Northumberland-County   (403 words)

  
 Northumberland County Pennsylvania, Location and Maps
Northumberland County was created on March 21, 1772, from parts of Lancaster, Cumberland, Berks, Bedford and Northampton Counties.
Sunbury, the county seat, was laid out in 1772, incorporated as a borough on March 24, 1797, and became a city in 1921.
Northumberland County is located about an hour north of Harrisburg along the Susquehanna River in the heart of the Susquehanna Valley.
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THOMAS FOULDS, proprietor of the Pennsylvania House, Trevorton, is the eldest son of Thomas and Dorothy Foulds.
BENJAMIN KNAUSS, deceased, was born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, in 1790, and was one of the early settlers of Trevorton.
DENNIS FITZPATRICK, proprietor of the Trevorton House, was born in County Limerick, Ireland, in 1834, son of Timothy and Mary (Hanlon) Fitzpatrick.
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Walter Brady, sheriff of Northumberland county, 1815-18, subsequently became embarrassed financially, and the upper part of the Clark tract, of which he was then the owner, was attached upon an execution involving eighty-three dollars fifty cents, entered in favor of Michael Zuern.
John C. Boyd, the founder of Shamokin, was born in West Fallowfield township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, in 1793, youngest son of John and Mary (Cowen) Boyd; the former was a soldier in the Continental Army during the Revolution, brigadier general in the State militia, and member of the legislature.
Peter Boughner, a native of Snydertown, Northumberland county, was born on the 23d of January, 1816.
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 Description of the Geology of Northumberland County Pennsylvania
This county borders on the Susquehanna River for 22 miles above, and for 21 miles below Northumberland, where the North Branch comes in from the East.
On all the outcrops of limestone VI numerous quarries are wrought, and this is the only mineral of value in the county outside of the coal field, for the lead and zinc found in this limestone amounts to nothing practical.
From: A geological hand atlas of the sixty-seven counties of Pennsylvania :embodying the results of the field work of the survey, from 1874 to 1884.
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 Treatment Improvement Exchange - Documents - Technical Assistance Publications (TAPs) - TAP 17
In Northumberland County, the traditional approach to identifying, evaluating, and treating substance abusers was not effective for senior citizens with addiction problems.
In Northumberland County in 1990, 25 percent of residents were already 60 or older (24,000 residents of the total 97,000).
In the surrounding county of Montour, 21percent are older Americans; Columbia County registered a 21 percent older population; Snyder County had 21 percent older persons; and Union County recorded 17 percent older residents.
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 Andrew Ten Brook
Dr. Ten Brook was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1853, and is a son of Andrew Ten Brook, Jr., and a grandson of Andrew Ten Brook, Sr., who was born in New Jersey, and was an early settler in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania.
Andrew Ten Brook, Jr., father of the Doctor, was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, and resided in that county all his life with the exception of twelve years spent in Niagara county, New York.
Returning to his native county, he practiced medicine there in a very successful manner for a period of seven years, and was then located for one year at McLean, Illinois.
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 Menges/Mangus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
This was typical in Pennsylvania German families wherein the head of the family acted as the banker for other members of the family and also some neighbors.
The Menges family has a large representation in Northumberland county, whither Peter, the pioneer of the family in this region (the pioneer was actually Johann Conrad Menges, Peter's father) came at an early day, settling in what part of what was then Turbut township now known as Lewis township.
These five were probably brothers or near relatives, and are likely the ancestors of the Menges in York county, Pa., as indicated in the similarity of the names prevailing in the family until the last generation, when the old family names were dropped.
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 About Us - Northumberland County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Northumberland County is diverse with agriculture and industry in the Northern end of the county and an anthracite coal region in the South.
Major employers in Northumberland County include: Weis Markets Inc., American Home Foods Inc., Northumberland County, Pennsylvania State Government and Merck and Co. Inc.* Northumberland County (population 93,662) was created on March 21, 1772, from parts of Lancaster, Cumberland, Berks, Bedford and Northampton Counties.
Northumberland County (460 square miles) is located about an hour North of Harrisburg along the Susquehanna River in the heart of the Susquehanna Valley.
www.geisinger.org /about/counties/northumberland.shtml   (297 words)

  
 Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Genealogical Records Information
The older lumber and farming economy contrasted with the anthracite economy of Mt. Carmel and Shamokin; railroads rushed in to carry the coal directly to the east.
Shamokin was the center for agriculture in the central section of the county.
Farms cover 43 percent of the land, and Northumberland is a leading county for producing chickens, swine, soybeans, and barley.
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 Shamokin --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Founded in 1835 by the coal speculators John C. Boyd and Ziba Bird, it was early known as Boyd's Stone-coal Quarry, Boydtown, and New Town.
county, central Pennsylvania, U.S., consisting of a mountainous region in the Appalachian Ridge and Valley physiographic province bounded to the west by the Susquehanna and West Branch Susquehanna rivers.
county, central Pennsylvania, U.S., located midway between the cities of Williamsport and Harrisburg and bordered to the north by Penns Creek Mountain and to the east by the Susquehanna River.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9067111   (346 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Northumberland County, Pa.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1837-41; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Pennsylvania state senate, 1945; resigned 1945; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1946-66.
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 Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Genealogical Records Information
The present county area is land acquired by purchases from Indians in 1749 and 1768, but until the formation of Lycoming County in 1795 it included a vast amount of north central Pennsylvania as far as the Allegheny River.
County population has declined in each census since 1930, when it stood at 128,504.
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1777-1854: Stone Valley Lutheran and Reformed Congregations
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 EPA: Federal Register: Environmental Impact Statement; Snyder County, Union County, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal to improve the safety and capacity on U.S. Routes 11 and 15 north of Selinsgrove in Snyder County, and Traffic Route 147 in Northumberland County.
The approximate project length from the farthest north-south termini is 17 miles with a total study area of 35 square miles.
To ensure that the full range of issues related to this proposed action are addressed and all significant issues identified, comments and suggestions are invited from all interested parties.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1994/November/Day-14/pr-148.html   (695 words)

  
 MOUNT CARMEL - LoveToKnow Article on MOUNT CARMEL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
, a borough of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., at the head of Shamokin Creek, about 5o m.
It is served by the Lehigh Valley, the Philadelphia and Reading, and the Shamokin Division of the Northern Central (Pennsylvania system) railways.
Anthracite coal abounds here, and the mining and shipping of it, together with the manufacture of mining machinery and miners supplies are the boroughs principal industries.
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 Northumberland County, Norry, Pennsylvania
Many of the County Links on the left will keep you specifically in Sunbury and Northumberland County in the Susquehanna Valley of PA. We add new listings and links on a regular basis.
Pennsylvania has hundreds of colleges and universities to choose from...
The Pennsylvania - Visitors Network® is proud to feature its PA Bed and Breakfast Association members here.
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 Northumberland County Slaveholders A-Z
After the Gradual Emancipation Act of 1780 was passed in Pennsylvania, the term "servant" frequently came to mean either someone in indentured servitude or someone employed by the head of the household.
As township boundaries shifted and new townships and counties were created, the original listing may be very misleading.
Notes: The slave Sil was registered at Lancaster and recorded by the clerk there as "Louden, John of Northumberland County, by his Attorney Nathaniel Barber of" Northumberland County.
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 Northumberland County Sunbury, Pennsylvania (Counties)
The county seat of Northumberland Count, Pennsylvania, is Sunbury.
The county population on July 1, 1999, was 93,163, a decrease of 3,608 over the 1990 census.
For information on county government, contact the National Association of Counties Web site.
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 Northumberland County Homes for Sale. Real Estate in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
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 Northumberland County Pennsylvania PA Litigation Lawyers, Attorneys & Law Firms - OptimusLaw® - The Best Way To Find a ...
Contact the Northumberland County litigation lawyer of your choice to present your legal matter and/or schedule an initial consultation.
The Northumberland County Commercial and Civil Litigation Lawyers Directory is provided for your general information.
Northumberland County Family, Divorce and Elder Law Lawyers
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 Northumberland County Pennsylvania PA Directory of Lawyers, Attorneys & Law Firms - OptimusLaw® - The Best Way To Find ...
Northumberland County, PA Criminal Law and Dui Lawyers
Northumberland County, PA Family, Divorce and Elder Law Lawyers
Northumberland County, PA Commercial and Civil Litigation Lawyers
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 John and Jane Williamson Piatt
John Piatt was born July 15, 1740, in Six Mile Run, Middlesex County, New Jersey, to John and Francis Van Vliet Piatt and died March 2, 1819, in Washington Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
He was born in Holland, lived in New Jersey during the war and removed to Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where he died.
Only the John Peat in Northumberland County is old enough to be John who was born in 1740 (60 years old) although in Lycoming County is a family (on the same page) who appears to be John's daughter and son-in-law.
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