Savannah's closest beach, Tybee Island, is a barrier island with a beach spanning five miles along the Atlantic Ocean and the Savannah River. Its history dates back before 1520 when Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon, a Spanish explorer, first claimed Tybee Island as a Spanish colony.
Not to be confused with Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania or Northampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Northampton is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The borough is located in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, Northampton's population was 9,926.
Settlement of this wilderness began in the early 1820âs by families of German descent who moved north from the âdrylandsâ of Northampton County. Agricultural and timbering pursuits were their principal activities until the opening of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1848.