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History of Susquehanna, (Susquehanna County) PennsylvaniaOur database does not include an historic photo for Susquehanna, (Susquehanna County) Pennsylvania, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Local History Notes:The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: SUSQUEHANNA, a county in the N. N. E. part of Pennsylvania, bordering on New York, has an area of 800 square miles. The N. branch of the Susquehanna crosses the northern border of the county, and then returns to New York, forming what is called the Great Bend.? It is drained also by the Meshoppen, Tunkhannock, Choconut, and Wyalusing creeks. The surface is hilly, and in some places almost mountainous; the hills are generally neither high nor steep. Elk mountain, in the S. E. part, rises about 2000 feet above the sea. The land is particularly adapted to grazing and the dairy business. Indian corn, oats, wheat, potatoes, hay, and butter are the staples. In 1850 it produced 237,343 bushels of corn; 365,640 of oats; 83,783 of wheat; 50,105 tons of hay, and 1,020,578 pounds of butter. There were 122 saw mills, 30 flour and grist mills, 6 wool-carding mills, 4 woollen factories, 4 iron foundries, and 25 tanneries. It contained 4 churches, 2 newspaper offices, 8091 pupils attending public schools, and 160 attending academies or other schools. Extensive forests of beech, sugar maple, pine, hemlock, &c. overspread part of the county, and lumber is an article of export. The county is traversed by the Lackawanna and Western railroad, and by the Erie railroad of New York. Organized in 1810, and named from its principal river. Capital, Montrose. Population, 28,688. |
Pennsylvania Facts: Susquehanna County Facts: Seat: MontroseEstablished: 1810 Formed from: Luzerne
Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: SUSQUEHANNA, a flourishing post-village of Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, is finely situated on the river of the same name, and on the Erie railroad, 23 miles S. E. from Binghamton. It has grown up since the opening of the railroad in 1848, and contains an important station, with an engine house and shops for the repair of engines and cars. The Starucca viaduct, which is perhaps the greatest structure on the Erie railroad, crosses Starucca creek about 3 miles above this village. It is 1200 feet long, 110 feet high, having 18 arches with spans of 50 feet. The post-office is Susquehanna Dep?t. Population in 1853., about 1500. Susquehanna is situated 285 meters above sea level. |
