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Pennsylvania Route 405
Pennsylvania Route 405 (PA 405) is a state highway that runs in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of PA 61 in Sunbury. The route heads across the Susquehanna River to Northumberland and northward along the West Branch Susquehanna River through Milton, Watsontown and Muncy until entering Hughesville, where it terminates at an intersection with U.S. Route 220 (US 220). PA 405 originated as the Muncy and Hughesville Plank Road, a plank road from Muncy to Hughesville, created in 1853. The plank road also consisted of a bridge over the Muncy Canal on the outskirts of the community. PA 405 was assigned in 1941, after switching between numerous designations, including alignments of US 15, US 111, US 220, and US 711. The alignment of PA 405 was extended south to PA 147 in Chillisquaque when PA 147 was realigned onto a new highway. As part of the Central Susquehanna Vall ...
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Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th ...
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West Branch Susquehanna River
The West Branch Susquehanna River is one of the two principal branches, along with the North Branch, of the Susquehanna River in the Northeastern United States. The North Branch, which rises in upstate New York, is generally regarded as the extension of the main branch, with the shorter West Branch being its principal tributary. The West Branch, which is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 8, 2011, is entirely within the state of Pennsylvania, draining a large mountainous area within the Allegheny Plateau in the western part of the state. Along most of its course it meanders past mountain ridges and through water gaps, forming a large zigzag arc through central Pennsylvania around the north end of the Allegheny Mountains. In colonial times the river valley provided an important route to the Ohio River valley. In the 19th century, its lower valley became a significant industrial heartland of Penn ...
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Susquehanna Trail
The Susquehanna Trail was an auto trail in the United States linking Washington, D.C. with Niagara Falls, New York. It passed through Baltimore, Maryland; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Williamsport, Pennsylvania; and Buffalo, New York. In relatively modern terms, the Susquehanna Trail roughly followed the following highways: *U.S. Route 1, Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Maryland * U.S. Route 111 (now MD Route 45, Interstate 83 Business and other minor routes), Baltimore to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania *U.S. Route 22, Harrisburg to Duncannon, Pennsylvania * U.S. Route 11, Duncannon to Northumberland, Pennsylvania * PA Route 147, Northumberland to Muncy, Pennsylvania *U.S. Route 220, Muncy to Williamsport, Pennsylvania * U.S. Route 15, Williamsport to Wayland, New York * NY Route 63, Wayland to Dansville, New York * NY Route 36, Dansville to Leicester, New York * U.S. Route 20A, Leicester to East Aurora, New York * NY Route 16, East Aurora to Buffalo, New York *NY Route 5 and U.S. Rout ...
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Point Township, Pennsylvania
Point Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the 2010 Census was 3,685, a decline from the figure of 3,722 tabulated in 2000. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 27.4 square miles (70.8 km2), of which 25.2 square miles (65.2 km2) is land and 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2) (8.01%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 3,722 people, 1,443 households, and 1,057 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,523 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.55% White, 0.35% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.11% from other races, and 0.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.70% of the population. There were 1,443 households, out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.4% were mar ...
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North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania)
The North Shore Railroad is a short line railroad that operates of track in Northumberland, Montour, Columbia, and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. The line runs generally northeast between Northumberland (in Northumberland County) and the unincorporated village of Beach Haven in Salem Township (in Luzerne County). Other communities served include Danville (in Montour County), Bloomsburg, and Berwick (both in Columbia County). The rail line runs generally northeast along the north shore of the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, roughly following U.S. Route 11. There are of SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority track in Northumberland County, in Montour County, and 15 in Columbia County. Beach Haven is just east of Berwick and the Columbia County - Luzerne County line. The corporate offices are located in Northumberland, where there is a connection to the Norfolk Southern Railway line. North Shore Railroad System The North Shore Railroad gives ...
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Shikellamy State Park
Shikellamy State Park is a Pennsylvania state park located at the confluence of the West Branch Susquehanna River and Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. The park is divided into two sections. The older part, on a bluff on the western bank of the Susquehanna River, is the Shikellamy overlook in Union Township, Union County. The newer part is the marina on the southern end of Packer Island in Upper Augusta Township, Northumberland County. Packer's Island lies between the city of Sunbury and the borough of Northumberland at the confluence of the two branches of the river. History Shikellamy State Park is named in honor of Shikellamy, an Iroquois chief. Chief Shikellamy played a major role in the history of the frontier in Pennsylvania. He was a friend of the Native Americans and the American Colonists of the 18th century. Shikellamy's village was located near where the overlook section of the park is today. Shikellamy State Park was opened in two phases. The overlook was ...
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Buffalo Line
The Buffalo Line is a railroad line owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway in the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. The line runs from Buffalo, New York southeast to Rockville, Pennsylvania near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania along a former Pennsylvania Railroad line. Its north end is at Seneca Yard in Buffalo, with no direct access to the Lake Erie district, and its south end is at the Pittsburgh Line at Rockville. The line is operated by the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad between Buffalo and Machias, New York, the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad between Machias and Driftwood, Pennsylvania, and the Norfolk Southern Railway between Driftwood and Rockville. History The Sunbury and Erie Railroad opened from Williamsport, Pennsylvania south to Milton in 1854, Northumberland in 1855, and Sunbury in 1856. , March 2005 Edition Extensions west from Williamsport opened to Whetham in 1859, Keating (as the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad) in 1862, reorganize in 1895 ...
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Norfolk Southern
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Railroad classes, Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway (U.S.), Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31,250 km) in 22 eastern states, the Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, and has rights in Canada over the Albany, New York, Albany to Montreal, Montréal route of the Canadian Pacific Railway. NS is responsible for maintaining , with the remainder being operated under trackage rights from other parties responsible for maintenance. Intermodal containers and trailers are the most common commodity type carried by NS, which have grown as coal business has declined throughout the 21st century; coal was formerly the largest source of traffic. The railway offers the largest intermodal freight transport, intermodal rail network in eastern North America. NS was also the pioneer of Roadrailer service. Norfol ...
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Upper Augusta Township, Pennsylvania
Upper Augusta Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was formed in 1846 by the division of Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Augusta Township (one of the seven original townships of Northumberland County formed in 1772) into Upper and Lower Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Lower sections. The population at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 Census was 2,586, an increase over the figure of 2,556 tabulated in 2000. History The Keefer Station Covered Bridge and Sunbury Armory are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Voters rejected a tax referendum in May 2007 which would have increased local earned income tax by 0.5 percent to reduce property taxes for homeowners and farmers by $176. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 23.3 square miles (60.3 km2), of whi ...
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Fort Augusta
Fort Augusta was a stronghold in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the upper Susquehanna Valley from the time of the French and Indian War to the close of the American Revolution. The fort was erected by Colonel William Clapham in 1756 at a site now within the limits of the city of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, Sunbury, n the site of the Lenape village of Shamokin (village), Shamokin, which was abandoned only a few weeks before construction of the fort began. Named for Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, the mother of King George III, Fort Augusta was the largest of the Provincial forts. It was first constructed as part of the British defense against the raids of the French and Indians from the upper Allegheny region. Later, it served as an American fortress to aid in protecting settlers of the upper Susquehanna from Britain's Indian allies to the north. During the French and Indian War in 1756, several hundred French and Indian troops traveled the Great Shamokin Path in an effort to destroy Fo ...
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Pennsylvania Route 61 Truck (Sunbury)
Pennsylvania Route 61 (PA 61) is an state highway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The route is signed on a north–south direction, running from U.S. Route 222 Business (Reading, Pennsylvania), U.S. Route 222 Business (US 222 Bus.) in Reading, Pennsylvania, Reading northwest to U.S. Route 11 (Pennsylvania), US 11/U.S. Route 15 (Pennsylvania), US 15/Pennsylvania Route 147, PA 147 in Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania, Shamokin Dam. PA 61 heads north from Reading through Berks County, Pennsylvania, Berks County to Hamburg, Pennsylvania, Hamburg, where it meets Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania, Interstate 78 (I-78)/U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania, US 22. The route continues into the Coal Region in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County and heads through Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill Haven, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Pottsville, Frackville, Pennsylvania, Frackville (where it has an interchange with Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania, I-81), and Ashla ...
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Pennsylvania Route 405 In West Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County (1)
Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest, New York to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east. Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state in the nation with over 13 million residents as of 2020. It is the 33rd-largest state by area and ranks ninth among all states in population density. The southeastern Delaware Valley metropolitan area comprises and surrounds Philadelphia, the state's largest and nation's sixth most populous city. Another 2.37 million reside in Greater Pittsburgh in the southwest, centered around Pittsburgh, the state's second-largest and Western Pennsylvania's largest city. The state's subsequent five m ...
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