My Hometown: Northumberland Pa.

History

*Northumberland was founded in 1772.
 *purchased from the Iroquois in the first Treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768, and the village   was laid out in 1772. During the American Revolution, Northumberland was evacuated during   the Big Runaway in 1778, and only finally resettled in 1784.

Geography

*It sits at the confluence of the north and west branches of the Susquehanna River.
*According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

*Population - 3,714
*Male - 47.4%
*Female - 52.6%
 *White - 96.38%
 *African American - 0.73%
 *Hispanic or Latino - 0.62%
 *Native American - 0.13%
 *Asian - 0.19%
 *Other - 0.40%
 *two or more - 0.16%

*Median Income - $31,891
 *Males - $31,162
 *females - $22,203

*Under Poverty Line - 7.7%

*Education
 *78% Graduation Rate
*2005 11th grade
 *49% Proficient In Math
 *62% Proficient in reading
*Ranked 384/606

*Notable Residents
 *Joseph Priestley - English Chemist and Co-Discoverer of Oxygen.
 *Paul Tibbets - Piliot that Droped Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

Crime (in the last 7 years)
*Murder - 1
*rape - 12
*Robbery - 3
*Assault - 11
*burglary - 163
*Theft - 460
*Auto Theft - 32
*Arson - 2