MOUNT CARMEL


Meaning of MOUNT CARMEL in English

borough (town), Northumberland county, east-central Pennsylvania, U.S., at the head of Shamokin Creek. Settled about 1770, it was laid out in 1848 and became an anthracite coal-mining town. The economic mainstay is now light manufacturing (paper, plastics). Inc. 1862. Pop. (1990) 7,196; (1996 est.) 6,759.

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