The New Student's Reference Work/Sunbury, Penn.

Sun′bury, Penn., a borough, county-seat of Northumberland County, on Susquenanna River about 55 miles from Harrisburg.  It is in a coal and lumbering region, and makes extensive coal-shipments.  Its important manufacturing establishments are sash, door and nail factories, coffin and casket works, a rolling and a planing mill, silk-mills, dye-works and railroad-shops.  Among its noteworthy buildings are Mary M. Packer Hospital, the county courthouse and municipal buildings.  East Sunbury is just across a small stream.  Though the towns have separate municipal governments, they are united in their industrial interests.  Sunbury was settled in 1772 and incorporated in 1797.  It has the service of the Pennsylvania and Reading railways.  Population 13,770.