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SUNBURY , a See also:borough and the See also:county seat of See also:Northumberland county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the Susquehanna See also:river about 53 M. by See also:rail N. by E. of See also:Harrisburg . Pop . (190o), 981o, of whom 197 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 U.S. See also:census) 13,770 . It is served by the Pennsylvania, the See also:Northern Central (controlled by the Pennsylvania) and the See also:Philadelphia & See also:Reading See also:railways . Sunbury's See also:principal See also:industry is the manufacture of See also:silk; the Pennsylvania railway has repair shops here . The See also:total value of the borough's factory products increased from $1,868,157 M 1900 to $2,592,829 in 1905, or 38.8% . The borough stands on the site of the old See also:Indian See also:village, See also:Shamokin, which was occupied by Delawares, Senecas and Tutelos, and was See also:long the most prominent Indian village in the See also:province; in 1747-1755 there was a Moravian See also:mission here . Owing to the strategic importance of the See also:place the provincial See also:government erected Fort See also:Augusta here in 1756; during the See also:War of See also:Independence many of the fugitives from the See also:Wyoming See also:Massacre came to this fort . Sunbury was first surveyed in 1772 and was incorporated as a borough in 1787 . SUNBURY-ON-See also:THAMES, an See also:urban See also:district in the See also:Uxbridge See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Middlesex, See also:England, 17 m . S.W. of St See also:Paul's See also:Cathedral, See also:London, on a See also:branch of the London & See also:South Western railway . Pop .
(19o1), 4544• It is a favourite See also:riverside resort and has grown considerably as a residential district
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