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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 799 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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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 See also:

Northumberland See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on Shamokin See also:

Creek, about 45 M. (73 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail) N. by E. of See also:

HARRISBURG

Harrisburg. Pop. (1900) 18,202, of whom 2703 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910 U.S. See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 19,588. Shamokin is served by the See also:

PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia & See also:

READING

Reading, the See also:

NORTHERN

Northern Central, and two interurban See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. There are two parks. The See also:

MINING

mining and See also:

SHIPPING

shipping of See also:

ANTHRACITE (Gr. avOpaE, coal)

anthracite See also:

COAL

coal and the manufacture of See also:

SILK

silk goods and of See also:

HOSIERY

hosiery and knit goods are the borough's See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries, but it has, also, foundries and See also:

machine shops, and manufactories of See also:

POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder, powder-kegs, shirts, overalls, hooks and eyes, See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick, See also:

FLOUR

flour and dressed See also:

LUMBER

lumber. The See also:

TOTAL

total value of its factory product in 1905 was $1,443,915. The borough was named from Shamokin Creek; the name is probably a See also:

MUTILATION (from Lat. mutilus, maimed)

mutilation of a See also:

DELAWARE

Delaware See also:

INDIAN

Indian word meaning "full of eels." The Indian See also:

VILLAGE

village named Shamokin was on the site of the See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

SUNBURY

Sunbury, Pa. Shamokin was formed in 1852 by the See also:

union of two villages, Groveville and See also:

Mary See also:

ANN

Ann. It was incorporated as a borough in 1864.

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