Lebanon, Pennsylvania

Lebanon is a city located in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 24,461. It is the county seat of Lebanon County{{GR|6}}.

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Lebanon County, Pennsylvania - 2000 - County seat

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Lebanon is located in eastern Pennsylvania in the Lebanon valley, 26 miles (42 km) east of Harrisburg. It was first settled in 1720.The town was laid out in 1753, incorporated in 1820, and received a city charter in 1885. It adopted the commission form of government, consisting of four councilmen and a mayor.

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Harrisburg - 1720 - 1753 - 1820 - 1885

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In 1900, 17,628 people lived in Lebanon; in 1910, 19,240 people lived there; in 1920, 24,643 people lived there; and in 1940, 27,206 people lived in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

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1900 - 1910 - 1920 - 1940

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Lebanon bologna was first made here.

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Lebanon was formerly home to a major steel mill, Bethlehem Steel.

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Steel mill - Bethlehem Steel

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"The home office in Lebanon, Pennsylvania" was also the original fictional source of David Letterman's Top Ten Lists.

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It is also mentioned in the short story "The Red-Headed League" in the series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle:

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The Red-Headed League - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle

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"TO THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE: On account of the bequest of the late Ezekiah Hopkins, of

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Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U. S. A., there is now another vacancy open which entitles a member

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of the League to a salary of 4 pounds a week for purely nominal services. . ."

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