12 Facts About Williamsport Pennsylvania

Williamsport Pennsylvania is the larger principal city of the Williamsport Pennsylvania-Lock Haven, PA Combined Statistical Area, which includes Lycoming and Clinton Counties.

Williamsport Pennsylvania was settled by Americans in the late 18th century, and began to prosper due to its lumber industry.

In 1796 the first recorded childbirth in Williamsport Pennsylvania was James Russell, the son of Mr and Mrs William Russell and grandson of James Russell of the Russell Inn, and the first school was built as a one-room log addition to the building that would eventually become the first Lycoming County Courthouse.

In 1798 the first brick house in Williamsport Pennsylvania was erected on Front Street, between Market and Mulberry, by Andrew Tulloh, a lawyer.

Williamsport Pennsylvania lived on the Muncy Indian Reservation until he acquired land off Freedom Road.

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Williamsport Pennsylvania was the birthplace of the national newspaper Grit in 1882.

Williamsport Pennsylvania's readings were dismissed as American B17 bombers coming in from the mainland.

Williamsport Pennsylvania has four distinct seasons, and lies in USDA hardiness zone 6b, with areas away from the West Branch Susquehanna River falling in zone 6a.

Williamsport Pennsylvania is noted for the Lycoming aircraft engines which is a division of Avco Corporation and a subsidiary of Textron.

Williamsport Pennsylvania has become a key area in the Marcellus Shale drilling.

Williamsport Pennsylvania is served by several major highways, including Interstate 180, US Route 15, and US Route 220.

Freight rail service is provided by the Lycoming Valley Railroad, which has its main yard in the Newberry section of Williamsport Pennsylvania, and offers connections to the Norfolk Southern and Canadian Pacific railroads.