Northumberland County: The Mother County
Posted by Michael O'Malley on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Northumberland County: The Mother County Although named for the most northern of England’s shires, Northumberland County has been often called by many the “Mother County.” Organized on March 21, 1772, as Pennsylvania’s tenth county, at one time it encomÂpassed eighteen thousand square miles! The county once extended from the Lehigh to the Allegheny rivers, with the New York border as its northÂern boundary. Its...read more