South Williamsport, Pennsylvania
South Williamsport is a borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is famous for hosting the Little League World Series. The population was 6,259 at the 2020 census.[5] It is part of the Williamsport, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography[edit]
South Williamsport is located at 41°13′45″N 77°0′2″W / 41.22917°N 77.00056°W (41.229179, -77.000464),[7] and is surrounded by the West Branch Susquehanna River to the north (with Williamsport north of the river), Armstrong Township to the east and south, and Duboistown to the west.[8] As the crow flies, Lycoming County is approximately 130 miles (209 km) northwest of Philadelphia and 165 miles (266 km) east-northeast of Pittsburgh.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.5 km2), of which 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.6 km2) (11.37%) is water.
The South Williamsport flood-control levees are in the Baltimore District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and have been cited as "levees of maintenance concern". Failure to repair them will result in loss of federal assistance in a flood.[9]