Milton is a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, on the West Branch Susquehanna River, 50 miles (80 km) north of Harrisburg, located in Central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley.
Formerly, its extensive manufacturing plants included car and woodworking machinery shops; rolling, flour, knitting, planing, and saw mills; washer, nut, and bolt works; and furniture, shoe, couch, nail, fly net, bamboo novelty, and paper-box factories.
[5] At the turn of the 20th century, several industrial and manufacturing companies were located within the borough.
Many smaller businesses flourished in parallel with the large manufacturing companies during this early period, which made the borough an industrial center in the region at the time.
[6] The original Chef Boyardee factory was located here, and now Conagra Foods operates a factory in the borough which produces Chef Boyardee products.
As of 2010, the 7,042 people populating the borough were 88.4% White, 4.5% African American, and 6.2% Hispanic.
About 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.