Place:Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States

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NameLewisburg
Alt namesDerrstownsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42014315
TypeBorough
Coordinates40.964°N 76.888°W
Located inUnion, Pennsylvania, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Dreisbach Church Cemetery
Lewisburg Cemetery
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Lewisburg is a borough in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States, south by southeast of Williamsport and north of Harrisburg. In the past, it was the commercial center for a fertile grain and general farming region. The population was 5,158 as of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Union County. Located in central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley, on the West Branch Susquehanna River, Lewisburg is northwest of Sunbury. It is home to Bucknell University and is near the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary. Its 19th-century downtown is on the National Register of Historic Places. Lewisburg is the principal city of the Lewisburg, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area, and is also part of the larger Bloomsburg-Berwick-Sunbury, PA Combined Statistical Area.

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