Herndon

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Herndon

Total population

366

Median home value

$114,900

18.2%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$75,000

Herndon$75k

National$74k

Founded

1827

Elevation413 m

Land area1.87 km²

Weather55°F · Rain Showers

Coordinates40.71°, -76.85°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Herndon, formerly Trevorton Junction, is a borough along the Susquehanna River in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Herndon was first founded by Robert A. Parrish in 1840. The town was later named for Naval commander William Lewis Herndon, who died in 1857 while trying to rescue passengers from his sinking ship. As of the 2020 census, Herndon had a population of 347.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Herndon, PA from NOAA NWS API.

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

C

Cummings C. Chesney

American electrical engineer (1863–1947)

Bill Lippert

American politician

F

Fred Stiely

baseball player

Jacob S. Coxey Sr.

American mayor (1854–1951)

Harvey Harman

American football player and coach (1900-1969)

Ralph Mitterling

American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach (1890-1956)

W

William L. Dill

American politician (1874–1952)

M

Merle Phillips

American politician

F

Frank Motz

American baseball player

L

Lillian Estelle Fisher

20th-century American historian and author

J

John I. Woodruff

American football coach and politician

P

Peter O. Knight

American politician and lawyer

M

Matthew Fries

American jazz pianist, composer, educator

Charles A. Snyder

American politician (1867–1931)

Abraham Franklin Snyder

husband of Mildred Harrington

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Pennsylvania

• Dalmatia
  5.1 mi away
• Freeburg
  5.8 mi away
• Berrysburg
  7.9 mi away
• Hummels Wharf
  8.2 mi away
• Klingerstown
  9.1 mi away
• Elizabethville
  11.6 mi away
• Liverpool
  12.1 mi away
• Kapp Heights
  13.1 mi away
• Lenkerville
  13.6 mi away · pop. 775
• Fairview-Ferndale
  15.3 mi away
• Lewisburg
  17.5 mi away · pop. 5,257
• Elysburg
  19.2 mi away · pop. 2,492

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Herndon

Herndon camp grove

2002

Unwelcome Americans

Ruth Wallis Herndon · 2001

The English order of precedency of gentlemen and the College of Arms

John G. Herndon · 1954

Children bound to labor

Ruth Wallis Herndon · 2009

Proximity of Pennsylvania sanitary landfills to wetlands and deepwater habitats

1990

University of Pennsylvania

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain · 1901

Pipeline accident report

United States. National Transportation Safety Board. · 1979

Radical school reform

Beatrice Gross · 1969

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