Towanda
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borough in Pennsylvania, USA and seat of Bradford County
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Bradford
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- Garrett Miller
- Total
- 1.17 sq mi (3.03 km )
- Land
- 1.14 sq mi (2.95 km )
- Water
- 0.031 sq mi (0.08 km )
- Elevation
- 731 ft (223 m)
- Estimate 2019
- 2,810
- Density
- 2,468.6/sq mi (953.14/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 42-77168
- Website
- towandaborough .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Towanda
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Bradford County
- Population
- 2919
- Area
- 1.17
- Elevation
- 731
- Capital of
- Bradford County
- Official website
- towandaborough.org
- Image
- Towanda Main Street.jpg
- Households
- 1229
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- inception
- 1784-00-00
- Commons category
- Towanda, Pennsylvania
- postal code
- 18848
- per capita income
- 25509
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Encyclopedic overview
Towanda is a borough in, and the county seat of, Bradford County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania and is located 66 miles (106 km) northwest of Wilkes-Barre, on the Susquehanna River. The name means "where we bury the dead" in the Nanticoke language. As of the 2020 census, the population of Towanda was 2,833.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Towanda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.