Urban, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:Urban, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Northumberland
Subdivision Type3:Township
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:664
Coordinates:40.6811°N -76.7717°W

Urban is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.[1]

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.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Domestic Names | U.S. Geological Survey .
  2. 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.