Urban is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Northumberland County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Pennsylvania
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.
History
In 1891, the village of Urban was part of
Jordan Township, Northumberland County. Located in the northern part of the township, it was home to an old hotel on Tulpehocken Road that had been built during the early 1800s and was owned, that year, by David Schwartz.
[Bell, Herbert, ed. ]
History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania: Including Its Aboriginal History, the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods, Early Settlement and Subsequent Growth, Political Organization, Agricultural, Mining, and Manufacturing Interests, Internal Improvements, Religious, Educational, Social, and Military History, Sketches of Its Boroughs, Villages, and Townships, Portraits and Biographies of Pioneers and Representative Citizens, Etc.
', pp. 772-777. Chicago, Illinois: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1891.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania