Urban, Pennsylvania

Urban, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Urban, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°40′52″N76°46′18″W / 40.68111°N 76.77167°W / 40.68111; -76.77167
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Northumberland
Elevation	664 ft (202 m)
Time zone	UTC-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.