Mooresburg, Pennsylvania

For the community in Northampton County, see Moorestown, Pennsylvania.

Mooresburg, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°58′58″N 76°42′17″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Montour
Elevation	636 ft (194 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	570
GNIS feature ID	1181517[1]

Mooresburg (see also Moores Burg) is an unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its latitude is 40.982N. Its longitude is -76.705W.[1]

Notable person

• Christopher Sholes, the inventor of the first commercially successful typewriter, was born in Mooresburg.[2]

Notes

1. "Mooresburg, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Christopher Latham Sholes (1819-1890)