PENNSYLVANIA.

79

TABLE OF THE COUNTIES AND COUNTY TOWNS. — Continued.

Western District.

Counties.

I’op. 1820.

Pop. 1830.

County Towns.

Pop.

Distance fr.Harrisburg .

Somerset

S

13,974

17,441

Somerset

649

143

Susquehannah

ne

9,660

16,777

Montrose

415

163

Tioga

n

4,021

9,062

Wellsborough

147

Union

m

18,019

20,749

New Berlin

60

Venango

w

4,915

9,128

Franklin

409

212

Warren

nw

1,976

4,706

Warren

240

Washington

SVJ

40,038

42,860

Washington

1,816

212

Westmoreland

sw

30,540

38,400

Greensburg

810

170

51 Total of Penn

1,0.49,313

1,347,672

Population at Different Periods.

In 1701,1763,

Population.

20,000

280,000

Increase from

1701 to 1763,

260,000

Slaves.

1790,

434,373

1763

1790,

154,373

3,737

1800,

602,545

1790

1800,

168,172

1,706

1810,

810,091

1800

1810,

207,546

795

1820,

1,049,313

1810

1820,

239,222

211

1830,

1,347,672

1820

1830,

298,659

386

There are three incorporated cities

in this state.

, Phil-

r Palmyra

adelphia, Pittsburg, and Lancaster. The other most 5noted towns are Reading, Easton, Bethlehem, Carlisle, <York , Germantown, Chambersburg , Columbia, Sun- §bury, Brownsville, Washington , &c. h

The principal rivers are the Delaware , Schuylkill, bL ehigh, Susquehanna , Juniata, Alleghany, Monongahela, gand Ohio . 3

The Union Canal extends from Reading on z

the river Schuylkill, where it intersects the " £

Schuylkill Canal, to Middletown on the Susquehannah ~river, a distance of 80 miles. §

The Schuylkill Canal extends from Philadelphia to §the coal mines at Port Carbon, a distance of 114 miles, gThe Lehigh Canal extends along that river from FEaston to Mauch Chunk, a distance of 47 miles. A £rail road 9 miles in length, extends from Mauch Chunkto the coal mines. >

The Lackawaxen Canal extends from the Delaware ^river at the mouth of Lackawaxen creek, up it to nearBethany, 24 miles; it there unites with a rail-road 9miles in length, which extends to the coal mines at theLackawannock mountains.

The Conestoga Canal connects the city of Lancasterwith the Susquehanna river , length 18 miles.

The Susquehanna Canal extends along the west side ofmouth of the Juniata river to near the junction of the northa distance of 39 miles. The canal is then extended alongthe state of New York , a distance of 165 miles, and alongDunnstown, a distance of 70 miles.

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that river from theand west branches,the north branch tothe west branch to