Mount Carmel
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borough in southeastern Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Northumberland
- Incorporated township
- November 14, 1854
- Incorporated borough
- November 3, 1862
- Mayor
- Philip Cimino
- Council president
- Elijah Watkins
- Total
- 0.66 sq mi (1.71 km )
- Land
- 0.66 sq mi (1.71 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation center of borough
- 1,100 ft (340 m)
- Highest elevation southeastern boundary
- 1,300 ft (400 m)
- Lowest elevation shamokin creek on weste
- 1,035 ft (315 m)
- Density
- 8,653.6/sq mi (3,341.16/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Area codes
- 570 and 272
- Fips code
- 42-51496
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- borough of Pennsylvania
- Official name
- Mount Carmel
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Northumberland County
- Population
- 5893
- Area
- 0.66
- Elevation
- 1309
- Image
- View of Mount Carmel 2.JPG
- Households
- 2805
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- inception
- 1770-00-00
- per capita income
- 21715
- postal code
- 17851
- Commons category
- Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
Mount Carmel is a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, located in the Coal Region of the central Susquehanna River Valley. The population was 5,725 at the 2020 census. Situated 88 miles (142 km) northwest of Philadelphia and 71 miles (114 km) northeast of Harrisburg, the borough is completely encircled by Mount Carmel Township and sits within the Western Middle Anthracite Field. Mount Carmel is known for its role in the anthracite coal industry, for being home to Lieutenant General James M. Gavin of World War II fame, and for being the site of what the Smithsonian Institution identifies as the world's first isolated electrical generating plant, established in 1883.
History
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