the capital of the county of Northampton, state of Pennsylvania, N. America, is situated on the W. side of the Delaware river, which here receives the Lehigh 93 miles E.E. of Harrisburg. This is one of the most prosperous commercial towns in Pennsylvania, being the entrepot of an extensive trade between the coal and iron fields of that state, and the terminus of several lines of railway and of canals. It has numerous churches and educational institutions; among the latter—Lafayette College, which in 1850 had a president, 7 professors, and 82 students. Pop. (1850) 7250. There are several other places of this name in the United States.