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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
The county was formed in 1752 and was named for Northamptonshire, England.
The county is industrially oriented, producing cement, and other industrial products. It was a center of cement production, with the world's then-largest cement producer, Atlas Portland Cement Company, operating here for nearly 100 years, from 1895 until 1982.[3] Bethlehem Steel, once one of the world's largest manufacturers of steel, was located in this county prior to its closing in 2003.
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National Register of Historic Places
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (part)
Lehigh Valley Passport to History