Sumbury, capital of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River (here, a mile below the junction of its branches, crossed by a bridge), 53 miles by rail N. of Harrisburg. It contains foundries, machine-shops, and planing-mills. Pop. (1890) 5930.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 807
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