NORRISTOWN, a town of the United States of North America, state of Pennsylvania, stands on an elevated spot on the left bank of the Schuylkill, 91 miles E. of Harrisburg, and 17 N.W. of Philadelphia. It is regularly laid out, and well built of stone and brick. There is a handsome court-house, begun in 1851, of light-gray marble; a prison, a bank, a public library, nine or ten churches, and several large boarding-schools. The river, which is here crossed by two bridges, supplies moving power for two large cotton factories and other manufacturing establishments, which employ a great number of hands. The trade of the place is considerable, and is increased by the naviga-
North. tion of the river, and by railways extending to Philadelphia on either side of it. Pop. (1850) 6024.