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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 109 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TOWANDA , a See also:

borough and the See also:county-seat of See also:Bradford county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the See also:west See also:bank of the Susquehanna See also:river, about 50 M. N.W. of Wilkes-See also:Barre. Pop. (189o), 4169; (5900), 4663 (322 See also:foreign-See also:born); (191o) 4281. Towanda is served by the Lehigh Valley and the Susquehanna & New See also:York See also:railways. It is situated about 730 ft. above the See also:sea, and is surrounded by high hills. Towanda contains the museum of the Bradford County See also:Historical Society. The borough is in a farming, dairying and stock-raising region, and has various manufactures. The first See also:settlement was made by See also:William Means in 1786, the See also:village was laid out in 1812, became the county-seat in the same See also:year, was variously known for some years as Meansville, Overton, See also:Williamson, See also:Monmouth and Towanda, and in 1828 was incorporated as the borough of Towanda.

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