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Mount Carmel, borough (town), Northumberland county, east-central Pennsylvania, U.S., at the head of Shamokin Creek. Settled about 1770, it was laid out in 1848 and became an anthracite coal-mining town. The economic mainstay is now light manufacturing (paper, plastics). Inc. 1862. Pop. (2000) 6,390; (2010) 5,893.