Urban, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Urban, Pennsylvania is located in Pennsylvania
Urban, Pennsylvania
Urban, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°40′52″N 76°46′18″W / 40.68111°N 76.77167°W / 40.68111; -76.77167
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyNorthumberland
Elevation
664 ft (202 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)

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]

References

  1. ^ "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.
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