Place:Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

Contained Places
Borough
Ashley
Avoca ( 1889 - )
Bear Creek Village
Conyngham
Courtdale
Dallas ( 21 Apr 1879 - )
Dupont
Duryea ( 28 May 1901 - )
Edwardsville ( 16 Jun 1884 - )
Exeter ( 8 Feb 1884 - )
Forty Fort ( 1887 - )
Freeland ( 11 Sep 1876 - )
Glen Lyon ( 1885 - )
Harveys Lake ( 1781 - )
Hughestown
Jeddo
Kingston ( 1857 - )
Laflin
Larksville ( - 16 Jun 1884 )
Laurel Run ( 1881 - )
Luzerne (borough)
Nescopeck ( 1786 - )
New Columbus
Nuangola
Penn Lake Park
Plymouth ( 1866 - )
Pringle
Shickshinny
Sugar Notch
Swoyersville
Warrior Run
West Hazleton
West Pittston
West Wyoming
White Haven ( 1848 - )
Wyoming ( Jun 1885 - )
Yatesville ( 20 May 1878 - )
Cemetery
Agudas Israel Cemetery
Albert Cemetery
Battle of Wyoming Burial Ground
Beach Haven Cemetery
Brace Cemetery
Cedar Crest Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery
Goss Cemetery
Hanover Green Cemetery
Huntsville Cemetery
Idetown Cemetery
Lehman Center Cemetery
Marcy Cemetery
Old Stone Church Cemetery
Saint Cecelia's Cemetery
Shupps Cemetery
Census-designated place
Back Mountain
East Berwick
Mountain Top
Shavertown
Inhabited place
Albert
Alden
Askam
Avondale Hill
Avondale
Beach Haven
Bear Creek Junction
Beaver Brook
Bliem Corners
Bloomingdale
Blytheburn
Boulevard Manor
Breslau
Briggsville
Broadway
Browntown
Buttonwood
Cambra
Carverton
Cease Mills
Ceasetown
Chase
Clarks View
Cork Lane
Cranberry
Curry Hill
Demunds Corners
Derringer
Dickville
Dippel Manor
Dogtown
Drifton
Drums
Dundee
Ebervale
Eckley
Edgewood
Ewen
Fades
Fairmount Springs
Fairview Heights
Fern Brook
Fern Glen
Feys Grove
Five Points
Folstown
Forest Park
Foundryville
Fox Hill
Franklin Junction
Frenchtown
Glen Junction
Glen Summit
Glendale
Gowen Breaker Station
Gowen
Gracedale
Green Ridge
Gum Run
Hallwood
Hanover Green
Harding
Harleigh
Harveyville
Harwood
Hays Corner
Hazlebrook
Hazleton Station
Hazleton ( 1856 - )
Hess Island
Hickory Hills
Highlands
Hilldale
Hobbie
Hollars Hill
Hollywood
Honey Hole
Houston City
Hudson
Hughs
Humboldt
Hunlock Creek
Hunlock Gardens
Huntingdon
Huntington Mills
Huntsville
Idetown
Inkerman
Japan
Jeansville
Johnson Greene
Ketcham
Keystone
Kis-Lyn
Koonsville
Korn Krest
Kunkle
Kyttle
Laketon
Langdon
Lattimer
Lee Park
Lee
Lehman Center ( - )
Lindbergh
Llewellyn Corners
Loomis Park
Loyalville
Lynnwood
Maplewood Heights
Marshall Hollow
Meeker
Middleburg
Middletown
Milnesville
Mocanaqua
Moosehead
Morgantown ( 1870 - 1885 )
Mossville
Mount Laurel
Mountain Grove
Mountaintop
Moyers Grove
Muhlenburg
Nanticoke
Nescopeck Pass
Newport Center
Newton
Nuangola Station
Nuremburg
Oakdale
Ochre Mill
Old Boston
Old Sugar Loaf
Oliver Mills
Orange
Outlet
Pardeesville
Patterson Grove
Penobscot
Pikes Creek
Pine View
Pittston
Plains
Plainsville
Pleasant View Summit
Pond Creek
Pond Hill
Port Blanchard
Port Griffith
Port Jenkins
Preston
Prichard
Red Hill
Red Rock
Register
Reilly
Reyburn
Ricketts
Ridgewood
Ripple
Rippletown
Rita
Rittenhouse
Roaring Brook
Rock Glen
Ruggles
Rule Corners
Rumbels
Saint Johns
Sand Spring
Sandy Run
Scanlin
Sebastopol
Shades Glen
Sheatown
Sickler Hill
Silkworth
Slocum
Slykerville
Solomon Gap
South Ebervale
South Heberton
Southdale
Springtown
Stairville
Stockton
Stoddartsville
Sugarloaf
Sunshine
Suscon
Sweet Valley
Sybertsville
Tank
Tannery
Tomhicken
Town Hill
Town Line
Trucksville Gardens
Trucksville
Truesdale Terrace
Tunnel
Upper Exeter
Upper Lehigh
Upper Pittston
Wanamie
Wapwallopen
Waterton
Wech Corners
Weintz
West Nanticoke
Westminster
Weston
White Haven Center
Wilkes-Barre ( 1769 - )
Witinski Villa
Woodside
Wordan Place
Zenith
Township
Bear Creek (township) ( 1856 - )
Black Creek ( 3 Aug 1848 - )
Buck ( 1833 - )
Butler ( 1839 - )
Conyngham (township) ( 1875 - )
Dallas (township) ( 1817 - )
Dennison ( 1839 - )
Dorrance ( 1840 - )
Exeter (township)
Fairmount ( 1832 - )
Fairview ( 6 May 1889 - )
Foster ( 1855 - )
Franklin ( 1843 - )
Hanover ( 1790 - )
Hazle ( 1839 - )
Hollenback
Hunlock
Huntington
Jackson
Jenkins
Kingston (township)
Lake ( 1841 - )
Lehman
Marcy ( 19 Jan 1880 - 1901 )
Nescopeck (township) ( 1792 - )
Newport
Pittston (township)
Plains (township)
Plymouth (township) ( 1769 - )
Rice
Ross ( Jan 1842 - )
Salem
Slocum (township) ( 1854 - )
Sugarloaf (township) ( 1809 - )
Union ( Jul 1813 - )
Wilkes-Barre (township)
Wright ( 1851 - )


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Luzerne County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The county has a total area of of which is land and is water, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It is Northeastern Pennsylvania's second-largest county by total area and Northeast Pennsylvania's most populous county, with a population of 325,594 as of the 2020 census.

The county seat of Luzerne County and the county's largest city is Wilkes-Barre. Other populous communities in the county include Hazleton, Kingston, Nanticoke, and Pittston.

Luzerne County is part of the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a total population of 555,426 (as of 2017).

Contents

Timeline

Date Event Source
1786 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1786 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1787 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1790 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1880 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1790 4,904
1800 12,839
1810 18,109
1820 20,027
1830 27,379
1840 44,006
1850 56,072
1860 90,244
1870 160,915
1880 133,065
1890 201,203
1900 257,121
1910 343,186
1920 390,991
1930 445,109
1940 441,518
1950 392,241
1960 346,972
1970 342,301
1980 343,079
1990 328,149

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States

Research Tips

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