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Place Name
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Lebanon
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Lebanon County
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Population
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24,800 (1990)
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Location
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Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (PA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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40°20'N
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Longitude
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76°24'W
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Lebanon
, city (1990 pop. 24,800),  Lebanon co., SE Pa.,
28 mi/45 km E of Harrisburg, on Quittapahilla
Creek, in Pa. Dutch farm country; 40°20'N 76°24'W. RR junction.
Mfg. (consumer goods, fabricated metal prods., lumber, commercial
printing, apparel, machinery, tools, machinery, textiles, fertilizers,
wood prods., food, plastic prods.). It has steel and steel-fabricating
industries, although the industry declined significantly in the 1970s
and 1980s. Agr. (grain, soybeans, apples; livestock; dairying). Lebanon
was a flourishing town before 1790, and early 18th-cent. Ger. religious
groups are still represented here. Lebanon Valley Airport to E. The
city has a historical mus., Lebanon Historical Society, Stoy Mus., and
horse shows. Also in the area are the Cornwall Furnace (operated
1742-1883) and the Union Canal tunnel, a civil engineering landmark.
Swatara State Park and Appalachian Trail to N; Fort Indiantown Military
Reservation and Memorial L. State Park to NW. Founded 1753, inc. as a
city 1868.
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