• Source: Susquehanna Valley

      • The Susquehanna Valley is a region of low-lying land that borders the Susquehanna River in the U.S. states of New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. The valley consists of areas that lie along the main branch of the river, which flows from Upstate New York through Pennsylvania and Maryland into the Chesapeake Bay, as well as areas that lie along the shorter West Branch in Pennsylvania.


      History and architectural features


      As of 2014, seventeen of the oldest covered bridges in the United States were located in the Susquehanna Valley.


      Geography


      Historians and environmentalists at the Chesapeake Conservancy have described the Susquehanna River as the "lifeblood" of the Chesapeake Bay and also as "extension of the Susquehanna Valley that the Atlantic Ocean has steadily flooded over the last 15,000 years."
      Within Pennsylvania, the Susquehanna Valley is linked inextricably with the Chesapeake Bay watershed, which extends from Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland through Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York. Pennsylvania's connections to the watershed are "primarily in the counties along the Susquehanna River, the West Branch of the Susquehanna, and their tributaries," according to Shelby Splain. "Located in the middle of the commonwealth, about half of the land in Pennsylvania drains into it."


      Communities in the valley




      = Main Branch

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      Cities


      Oneonta, New York
      Binghamton, New York
      Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
      Scranton, Pennsylvania
      Sunbury, Pennsylvania
      Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
      Lancaster, Pennsylvania
      York, Pennsylvania
      Havre de Grace, Maryland


      Counties



      Otsego County, New York
      Delaware County, New York
      Chenango County, New York
      Broome County, New York
      Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
      Tioga County, New York
      Bradford County, Pennsylvania
      Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
      Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
      Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
      Columbia County, Pennsylvania
      Montour County, Pennsylvania
      Potter County, Pennsylvania
      Tioga County, Pennsylvania
      Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
      Snyder County, Pennsylvania
      Juniata County, Pennsylvania
      Perry County, Pennsylvania
      Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
      Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
      York County, Pennsylvania
      Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
      Cecil County, Maryland
      Harford County, Maryland


      = West Branch

      =


      Cities


      Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
      Williamsport, Pennsylvania


      Counties


      Cambria County, Pennsylvania
      Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
      Centre County, Pennsylvania
      Clinton County, Pennsylvania
      Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
      Union County, Pennsylvania
      Northumberland County, Pennsylvania


      See also


      Life On The Upper Susquehanna 1783–1860


      References




      External links


      Barrett, Brenda and Jackie Kramer. "Contact Period Landscapes of the Lower Susquehanna River." Annapolis, Maryland: NPS Chesapeake Bay Office, National Park Service, 2016 (retrieved online February 4, 2023).
      "Indigenous Peoples of the Susquehanna Valley." The Historical Marker Database, retrieved online February 4, 2023.

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