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Norristown is a is a small residential borough in Montgomery County, in the Philadelphia-Camden metro area. The town is located about 6 miles outside of Philadelphia, between two greater townships of King of Prussia and Plymouth Meeting, with latitude of 40.121N. and longitude of -75.34W. Occupying approximately 3.5 sq. miles of land, it is considered the county seat or adminsitrative center of Montgmery County nestled right alongside the Schuylkill River. The demographic census in 2003 counted for a population of 31,069, which is about 200 less than it was in 2000.
Norristown was named after Isaac Norris, who was mayor of Philadelphia in 1724 and was named trustee of the province of Pennsylvania in the will of Willaim Penn. Before Penn faced legal issues involving his arrest in 1706, Norris brought the land from Penn which subsequently was named after Norris after the purchase. In his lifetime Norris was greatly successful in politics and business which he carried over in the development of Norristown. Today, with a number of old cigar and lumber factories still standing, Norristown shows much of the aftermath the rich history in agriculture manufacturing that began there, but is no longer prominant.
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