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Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Lebanon County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Lebanon
Year Organized: 1815
Square Miles: 362 |
Court House: 400 South Eighth Street
County Courthouse
Lebanon, PA 17042-6794
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for old Lebanon Township. Lebanon is a Biblical name
meaning "White Mountain."
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Created on was created on February
16, 1813, from parts of Dauphin and Lancaster Counties and named for old Lebanon
Township. Lebanon is a Biblical name meaning "White Mountain." Lebanon, the
county seat, was laid out in 1750. It was incorporated as a borough on March 28,
1799, but the citizens did not accept incorporation. It was finally chartered as
a borough on February 20, 1821 and as a city in 1885.
Palatine Germans from New York were the first large group, first arriving in
1732. Conrad Weiser became their leader. Today 42 percent of the residents still
claim German descent. Indian attacks troubled the area from 1755 to 1763, and
the Hanover Resolves of 1774 anticipated the Revolution. Jacob Albright
established the Evangelical Association whose Albright College was located in
Myerstown from 1895 to 1928. A turnpike in 1817 followed by the Union Canal in
1828 opened up business markets. Iron mines, especially those of the Coleman
family, led to iron making. Cornwall Furnace was productive from 1742 to 1883;
Cornwall's iron mine operated into the 1970s. There was an important limestone
industry, and items manufactured included carriages, shoes, cigars, Miller
Organs, whiskey, and Lebanon Bologna. Agriculture leads the economy today, the
county being a leader in livestock and dairy products—sixth in the state—and an
important grain producer. It is one of only four counties in which half or more
of the area is farmed. The first National Guard annual training camps were at
Mount Gretna. Since World War II, the Federal dollar input in the county has
been high because of Indiantown Gap Military Reservation.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Annville |
township |
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- Cleona |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cold Spring |
township |
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- Colebrook |
township |
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- Cornwall |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- East Hanover |
township |
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- Jonestown |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lebanon
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Millcreek |
township |
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- Mount Gretna |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Myerstown |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- North Annville |
township |
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- North Cornwall |
township |
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- North Lebanon |
township |
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- North Londonderry |
township |
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- Palmyra |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Richland |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- South Annville |
township |
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- South Lebanon |
township |
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- South Londonderry |
township |
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- Union |
township |
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- West Cornwall |
township |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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