Mount Carmel is a borough in Northumberland County, located in the Coal Heritage Region of Central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley, United States.

Sawmill operator, Albert Bradford, gave Mount Carmel its name because of its elevation and beautiful setting in the mountains.

Carmel, which led to the opening and development of a number of collieries in the region.

Mount Carmel was among the first towns in the country to have its streets lit by electricity.

In earlier years, the borough had manufactories of miners' caps, cement blocks, cigars, shirts, stockings, etc., and large silk and planing mills, foundry and machine shops, a knitting mill, lumber yards, a packing plant, and wagon works.

Mount Carmel is located at 40°47′47″N 76°24′44″W / 40.79639°N 76.41222°W / 40.79639; -76.41222 (40.796447, −76.412231)[5] in the ridge-and-valley zone of the central Appalachian Mountains.

It is drained by the Shamokin Creek and is part of the Lower Susquehanna watershed.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.7 km2), all land.

United States Congress Pennsylvania General Assembly The Mount Carmel Area School District operates three schools: The Lower Anthracite Transportation System offers a two-route transit system weekdays and Saturdays from Mount Carmel with buses meeting in Coal Township to Mount Carmel and surrounding communities.