Sunbury
Laid out 1772 as the county seat of Northumberland on the site of Indian Shamokin by surveyor-General Lukens and William Maclay. Borough incorporation Mar. 24, 1797. Here Fort Augusta was built in 1756. Historic center of travel, trade and industry.
Marker is at the intersection of South 2nd Street and South Front Street (Pennsylvania Highway 147), on the right when traveling north on South 2nd Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
