Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Northumberland County was erected by Act of March 21, 1772, out of N Lancaster, Cumberland, Bedford, Berks and Northampton counties, and named for the old English county of Northumberland. With eminent propriety this tenth county of Pennsylvania has been styled "Old Mother Northumberland," for each of her thirty children refer back to her for their earliest political history.

As of 2010, the population was 94,528. Its county seat is Sunbury. Northumberland County is a sixth class county according to the Pennsylvania's County Code.Among its famous residents, Joseph Priestley, the enlightenment chemist and theologian, left England in 1796 due to religious persecution and settled on the Susquehanna River.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumberland_County,_Pennsylvania
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Coordinates:  40°53'22"N 76°39'51"W

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