Editing Towanda, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
Towanda was settled in 1784 and became the county seat in 1812. It was variously known for some years
as Meansville, Overton, Williamson, Monmouth, and Towanda, and incorporated in 1828.<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Towanda|volume=27|page=109}}</ref> Towanda was once known primarily for its industrial interests, which included flour, planing and silk mills, a foundry and machine shop, dye works, and manufacturers of talking machines, cut glass, toys and furniture.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} The population in 1900 was 4,663 and 4,281 in 1910.<ref name="EB1911"/>

The [[Towanda Historic District]] and [[Bradford County Courthouse]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> The [[American Guide Series|Pennsylvania Guide]], compiled by the Writers' Program of the [[Works Progress Administration]], described Towanda in 1940 as:<ref name="nom">{{cite book |last=Federal Writers' Project |date=1940|edition= 1st |title=Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Keystone State |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=518}}</ref>{{Blockquote
|text=an attractive town of wide brick-paved streets, [occupying] a slope on the west shore of the Susquehanna, at the convergence of three valleys. On the upper and lower reaches of the hill are elaborate residences. A well-developed shopping center serves neighborhood farmers and visitors to surrounding hill and lake resorts. There is a large textile mill in addition to several small industrial plants. The town's early name, Meansville, for William Means who laid it out in 1812, occasioned 'considerable animosity,' and the present one was adopted in 1828.
|author=Federal Writers'Project|title="Part III: Tours"  |source=''Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Keystone State'' (1940)
}}