Middleburg, Pennsylvania

 borough, county seat

Middleburg is a borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population in July 2009: 1,331. It is the county seat of Snyder County. Ten miles west from Selinsgrove is Middleburg, county seat; 498 feet above sea level; laid out in 1800.

Native Americans had lived in the region for centuries. White settlers are recorded living in the area in 1755. Middleburg was originally named Swinefordstown (Swinefordstettle in the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect) after John Albright Swineford who ran a tavern here in 1787. He was also the owner of land located on the north bank of the Middle Creek on which engineer Frederick Evans laid out the town in 1800. This town became known as Middleburgh circa 1825, and was incorporated as a borough in 1864.

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