Mooresburg, Pennsylvania
Encyclopedia
Mooresburg is an unincorporated community
in Liberty Township
, Montour County
, Pennsylvania
, United States
. Its latitude
is 40.982N. Its longitude
is -76.705W.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Liberty Township
Liberty Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania
Liberty Township is a township in Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,476 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 27.5 square miles , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there...
, Montour County
Montour County, Pennsylvania
Montour County is located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. In 2010, the county's population was 18,267. Its county seat is Danville. It is named for Andrew Montour, a prominent métis interpreter who served with George Washington during the French and Indian War. The county is part of the...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Its latitude
Latitude
In geography, the latitude of a location on the Earth is the angular distance of that location south or north of the Equator. The latitude is an angle, and is usually measured in degrees . The equator has a latitude of 0°, the North pole has a latitude of 90° north , and the South pole has a...
is 40.982N. Its longitude
Longitude
Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees, minutes and seconds, and denoted by the Greek letter lambda ....
is -76.705W.
Notable people
- Christopher SholesChristopher SholesChristopher Latham Sholes was an American inventor who invented the first practical typewriter and the QWERTY keyboard still in use today...
, the inventor of the first commercially successful typewriterTypewriterA typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical device with keys that, when pressed, cause characters to be printed on a medium, usually paper. Typically one character is printed per keypress, and the machine prints the characters by making ink impressions of type elements similar to the pieces...
was born in Mooresburg.