Williamsport
a city and countyseat of Lycoming co., Pa.; on the Susquehanna river, and on the Philadelphia and Reading, the the New York Central, and the Pennsylvania railroads; 94 miles N. of Harrisburg. It is a popular summer resort, surrounded by high hills and attractive scenery. Here are a United States Government building, Dickinson Seminary for Girls, high school, public libraries, Home for the Friendless, hospital, street railroad and electric light plants, waterworks, National, State and other banks, numerous churches, and several daily and weekly newspapers.
The industries include rubber works, a silk mill, lumber mills, iron furnace, works, paint, soap, glue, and furniture factories, etc. Pop. (1910) 31,860; works, paint, soap, glue, and furniture (1920) 36,198.