Towanda (Pennsylvania)

Bradford County

Towanda is a borough and also the administrative center ( county seat ) of Bradford County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

Geography

Towanda is located at 41 ° 46'13 " north latitude and 76 ° 26'48 " west longitude. At a distance of around 100 kilometers, Wilkes-Barre is located in the southeast. The Susquehanna River flows on the eastern outskirts. The road connecting U.S. Highway 6 runs through the city, U.S. Highway 220, it affects the west.

History

The city was founded in 1828. The name Towanda goes back to the indigenous people and in the Algonquian language means about as much as " burial field ". Originally Towanda was a region with intensive timber industry and there were several sawmills. As, however, was tried because of higher energy prices worldwide to use the located under the city and geologically significant, very natural-gas -containing Marcellus Formation, which extends widely among the entire Appalachian Mountains, began after the 2008 Extensive drilling in the region. These were carried out ( fracking ) to the hydraulic fracturing method. As a result, the road through the town grew very strongly, since construction vehicles, tank trucks and heavy equipment around the clock to drill holes were traveling. In the population, this has been very different. While the hotel and restaurant sector to economic recovery valued positively, showed a majority of the population because of the noise and unexplained influences on the environment a negative attitude.

National Register of Historic Places

The Bradford County Courthouse and the historic town of Towanda ( Towanda Historic District ) were added to the National Register of Historic Places. In the city there are more architecturally valuable buildings.

Towanda Historic District

Demography

In 2012 a population of 2904 persons was determined, which means a weakening by 4.0 % over the year 2000. The average age of the residents was in 2012 with 38.7 years below the average of Pennsylvania, which was 43.3 years.

The most authoritative immigration groups during the beginnings of the town came to 20.2% in Germany, 19.7 % in England and 16.4% in Ireland.

Sons and daughters of the town

The following people were born in or near Towanda:

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