Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

Official Website

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.

Adjacent Counties

• Monroe County
• Warren County, New Jersey
• Carbon County
• Lehigh County
• Bucks County

Cities & Boroughs

• Bangor
• Bath
• Bethlehem (part)
• Chapman
• East Bangor
• Easton (County Seat)
• Freemansburg
• Glendon
• Hellertown
• Nazareth
• North Catasauqua
• Northampton
• Pen Argyl
• Portland
• Roseto
• Stockertown
• Tatamy
• Walnutport
• West Easton
• Wilson
• Wind Gap

List of Other Townships & Communities

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Pennsylvania

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (part)

Genealogy Trails

PA Roots

PA Gen Web

Lehigh Valley Passport to History

Sigal Museum

USGW Archives

Roots Web

My Genealogy Hound

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