Pennsylvania
Northumberland
Borough of Northumberland

Northumberland

Northumberland is a borough in , United States. The population was 3,911 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Village with 3,910 residents
  • Description: borough in western Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as: “Northumberland, PA” and “Northumberland, Pennsylvania”
  • Postal code: 17857

Places of Interest

Highlights include Joseph Priestley House and Shikellamy State Park.

Building
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The was the American home of eighteenth-century British theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, educator, and political theorist Joseph Priestley from 1798 until his death.

Park
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is a 132-acre Pennsylvania state park located at the confluence of the and in .

Courthouse
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The is an historic county courthouse located in , . Erected in 1865, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. is situated 2 miles south of Northumberland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kapp Heights and Shamokin Dam.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place located in Point Township, in the state of . The community is located very close to the borough of Northumberland along Pennsylvania Route 147, near the confluence of the and .

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is a borough in , United States. The population was 1,647 at the 2020 census. "Shamokin", or "Shahëmokink" in the Delaware language, and Schahamokink in another Algonquian language, means "place of eels." The borough name is also derived from a 10-foot-tall dam that was built across the in the 19th century.

Hamlet
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is a census-designated place located in Union Township, in the state of . The community is located in eastern Union County at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 304 and U.S. Route 15, which is located along the shores of the . is situated 3½ miles northwest of Northumberland.

Northumberland

Latitude
40.88858° or 40° 53′ 19″ north
Longitude
-76.79537° or 76° 47′ 43″ west
Population
3,910
Elevation
505 feet (154 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US NUM
Open location code
87G5V6Q3+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 41190039
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5203859
Wiki­data ID
Q1181968
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Northumberland” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نورثومبرلاند”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nortamberlend”
  • Basque: “Northumberland”
  • Bulgarian: “Нортъмбърланд”
  • Catalan: “Northumberland”
  • Cebuano: “Northumberland”
  • Chechen: “Нортамберленд”
  • Chinese: “Northumberland”
  • Chinese: “諾森伯蘭”
  • Danish: “Northumberland”
  • Dutch: “Northumberland”
  • French: “Northumberland”
  • German: “Northumberland”
  • Gilaki: “نؤرثآمبرلند (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “نؤرثآمبرلند”
  • Haitian: “Northumberland, Pennsilvani”
  • Haitian: “Northumberland”
  • Hebrew: “נורת’מברלנד”
  • Hungarian: “Northumberland”
  • Irish: “Northumberland”
  • Italian: “Northumberland”
  • Japanese: “ノーサンバーランド”
  • Ladin: “Northumberland”
  • Malagasy: “Northumberland, Pennsylvania”
  • Malagasy: “Northumberland”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Northumberland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Northumberland i Pennsylvania”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Northumberland i Pennsylvania”
  • Portuguese: “Northumberland”
  • Russian: “Нортамберленд”
  • Russian: “Нортумберленд”
  • Serbian: “Нортамберланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Northumberland, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Northumberland”
  • Slovenian: “Northumberland”
  • Spanish: “Northumberland”
  • Swedish: “Northumberland”
  • Tatar: “Нортамберленд”
  • Ukrainian: “Нортамберленд”
  • Uzbek: “Northumberland”
  • Uzbek: “Нортҳумберланд”
  • Vietnamese: “Northumberland, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Northumberland”
  • Volapük: “Northumberland”
  • Welsh: “Northumberland, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Northumberland”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include King Street Park and Priestley-Forsyth Memorial Library.

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