Editing Northumberland, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2018}}
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|postal_code = 17857
|area_code = [[Area codes 570 and 272|570 and 272]]
|website = [http://www.northumberlandborough.com/ Northumberland borough]
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'''Northumberland''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Northumberland County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 3,911 at the 2020 census.

==History==
[[File:Priestley House Front 2.jpg|thumb|[[Joseph Priestley House]], a [[National Historic Landmark]] in Northumberland]]
A brewer named [[Reuben Haines]], a native of [[Philadelphia]], founded the town of Northumberland in 1772, attempting to set it up as an English village. The land that became Northumberland was purchased from the [[Iroquois]] in the first [[Treaty of Fort Stanwix]] in 1768, and the village was laid out in 1772. During the [[American Revolution]], Northumberland was evacuated during the [[Big Runaway]] in 1778, and only finally resettled in 1784.<ref name="nrhpdinv">"[https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H086726_01H.pdf National Register of Historic Places Registration: Northumberland Historic District]".</ref>

Northumberland was the American home of 18th-century British [[theologian]], [[English Dissenters|Dissenting]] [[clergyman]], [[Natural philosophy|natural philosopher]], educator, and [[Political philosophy|political theorist]] [[Joseph Priestley]] (1733&ndash;1804) from 1794 until his death in 1804. The [[Joseph Priestley House]] still stands on Priestley Avenue and is a [[National Historic Landmark]] on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP) and a museum administered by the [[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission]]. There is one other property in the borough on the NRHP: the [[Priestley-Forsyth Memorial Library]], built by a great-grandson of Joseph Priestley. Much of the borough is part of the [[Northumberland Historic District]], which is also on the NRHP.

==Geography==
[[File:View of Northumberland, Pennsylvania 2.JPG|thumb|View of Northumberland from the Shikellamy State Park overlook]]
[[File:Northumberland.jpg|thumb|The [[Susquehanna River]] near Northumberland]]
Northumberland is located at {{coord|40|53|38|N|76|47|46|W|type:city}} (40.893935, -76.795975),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> approximately 60 miles northeast of [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]. It sits at the confluence of the north and [[West Branch Susquehanna River|west]] branches of the [[Susquehanna River]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of 1.6&nbsp;square miles (4.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all land.

Notable things to visit in Northumberland include Pineknotter Park, the Joseph Priestly House, King Street Park, the Northumberland High School Museum, 2nd Street Playground, and Howling Hollow Dog Park. The Central Susquehanna River Boat Society is currently planning to build a river boat in Northumberland's Pineknotter Park in order to boost tourism in the area.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-21 |title=Working to bring riverboat to Susquehanna River |url=https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/northumberland-county/plans-for-new-riverboat-in-northumberland-county-pineknotter-park-central-susquehanna-riverboat-society/523-ba4eef04-564a-4427-912b-0607d041195a |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=wnep.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The group expects the river boat to be ready for its maiden voyage by the summer of 2025.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1830= 1090
|1840= 923
|1850= 1041
|1860= 1108
|1870= 1788
|1880= 2293
|1890= 2744
|1900= 2748
|1910= 3517
|1920= 4061
|1930= 4483
|1940= 4469
|1950= 4207
|1960= 4156
|1970= 4102
|1980= 3636
|1990= 3860
|2000= 3714
|2010= 3804
|2020= 3911
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="USDecennialCensus">{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 11, 2013|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=June 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,714 people, 1,657 households, and 1,045 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|2,368.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,772 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,129.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 98.38% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.73% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.13% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.19% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.40% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.16% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.62% of the population.

There were 1,657 households, out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.9% were non-families. 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.79.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.8 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $31,891, and the median income for a family was $38,807. Males had a median income of $31,162 versus $22,203 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $18,229. About 4.5% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.7% of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over.

== Government ==
A seven-seat Council governs the Borough of Northumberland, with a mayor taking on a largely ceremonial role. Council members serve for four-year terms, as does the mayor. The current mayor, Dan Berard, was elected to serve a second term in November 2023 and sworn in January 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-07 |title=Norry Mayor Daniel Berard Sworn In, Borough Manager Retiring - Newsradio 1070 WKOK |url=https://www.wkok.com/593948-2/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.wkok.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
{{wide image|Shikellamy State Park Overlook Panorama.JPG|1400px|Panoramic view of Northumberland (left) with the [[confluence]] of the [[West Branch Susquehanna River]] (left) and North Branch (center) of the [[Susquehanna River]], along with the borough of [[Sunbury, Pennsylvania|Sunbury]] (far right). Taken from the [[Shikellamy State Park]] Overlook, with the state park's Marina unit on Packer Island in the river visible.}}

==Notable people==
*[[Helen Taggart Clark]] (pen name, H. T. C.), journalist and poet
*[[Uzal Girard Ent]], [[World War II]] major general 
*[[David Fulmer]], author of seven novels about [[Storyville, New Orleans]] and five other works of fiction and the writer-producer of the documentary film ''Blind Willie's Blues''
*[[Daniel McFarlan Moore]], electrical engineer and inventor of the [[Moore lamp]]
*[[Elizabeth Nesbitt]], children's librarian and library science educator
*[[Joseph Priestley]], chemist and co-discoverer of [[oxygen]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://www.visitcentralpa.org/plan-your-trip-today/towns-and-countrysides/northumberland/ "Northumberland"] at Visit Central PA

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[[Category:Boroughs in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Pennsylvania populated places on the Susquehanna River]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1772]]