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MIDDLETOWN , a See also: - BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of Dauphin See also:county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the See also:east See also:bank of the Susquehanna See also:river, 9 m. below See also:Harrisburg. Pop. (189o), 5o8o; (1900), 56o8 (34.0 See also:foreign-See also:born and 289 negroes) ; (1910), 5374. It is served by the Pennsylvania and the See also:Philadelphia & See also:Reading See also:railways, and by an electric See also:line to Harrisburg. The borough has a considerable See also:trade with the surrounding agricultural See also:country, and owing to the proximity of the Yorkhaven See also:power-plant (across the river) and the excellent railway service, is a manufacturing centre. The See also:municipality owns its electric See also:lighting plant. Middletown was founded in 1755 by See also:Friends (from Philadelphia and other places in Pennsylvania) and Scotch-Irish, and was so named because of its position midway between See also:Lancaster and See also:Carlisle. It was first incorporated as a borough in 1828.
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