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Towanda is a borough and the county seat of Bradford County in northeastern Pennsylvania, sitting on the Susquehanna River about 66 miles northwest of Wilkes-Barre.

Towanda was settled in 1784 and laid out in 1812 by William Means, going by the names Meansville, Overton, Williamson and Monmouth before the name Towanda was permanently adopted when it was incorporated as a borough in 1828.

The name Towanda comes from a Native American word meaning 'burial ground,' after a Native American burial ground located near the town site.

Towanda became the Bradford County seat in 1812, and court was first held in William Means's tavern until a courthouse was finished in 1816.

A great fire in 1847, said to be the worst Bradford County had ever seen, burned several buildings along Towanda's Main Street.

Towanda was once a busy industrial borough known for flour, planing and silk mills, a foundry and machine shop, dye works, and factories making talking machines, cut glass, toys and furniture.

Towanda's population peaked at 4,663 in 1900 and has declined steadily since; the 2020 census counted 2,833 residents.

The 2000 census counted 1,279 households in Towanda, at a population density of about 2,674 people per square mile.

Both the Towanda Historic District and the Bradford County Courthouse, a native sandstone building completed in 1897, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Towanda was the hometown of David Wilmot, the congressman who authored the famous Wilmot Proviso against the spread of slavery; he practiced law in Towanda and is buried in its Riverside Cemetery.