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<div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Geography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Neighborhoods" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Neighborhoods"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Neighborhoods</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Neighborhoods-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjacent_municipalities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjacent_municipalities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Adjacent municipalities</span> </div> </a> <ul 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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Executive"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.1</span> <span>Executive</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Executive-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Legislative" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legislative"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.2</span> <span>Legislative</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legislative-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Audit_and_Control" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Audit_and_Control"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.3</span> <span>Audit and Control</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Audit_and_Control-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Judicial" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Judicial"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.4</span> <span>Judicial</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Judicial-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-County_government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#County_government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>County government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-County_government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-State_and_federal_representation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_and_federal_representation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>State and federal representation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-State_and_federal_representation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-State" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Popular culture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Popular_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div 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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%8C_%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="ویلکس-بار، پنسیلوانیا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویلکس-بار، پنسیلوانیا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_(Pennsylvania)" title="Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BA%D1%81-%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8D" title="Уілкс-Барэ – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Уілкс-Барэ" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ch mw-list-item"><a href="https://ch.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Chamorro" lang="ch" hreflang="ch" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Chamoru" data-language-local-name="Chamorro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chamoru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_(Pennsylvania)" title="Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%8C_%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="ویلکس-بار، پنسیلوانیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویلکس-بار، پنسیلوانیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_(Pennsylvania)" title="Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ki mw-list-item"><a href="https://ki.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Kikuyu" lang="ki" hreflang="ki" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Gĩkũyũ" data-language-local-name="Kikuyu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gĩkũyũ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A_(%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7)" title="ویلکس-بري (پنسيلوانيا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="ویلکس-بري (پنسيلوانيا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%ED%81%AC%EC%8A%A4%EB%B0%B0%EB%A6%AC" title="윌크스배리 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="윌크스배리" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0" title="विल्क्स-बेयर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विल्क्स-बेयर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvani" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvani – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvani" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsilvani" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsilvani – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsilvani" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_(Pennsylvania)" title="Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilks_Baris" title="Vilks Baris – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vilks Baris" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA_(%E3%83%9A%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%99%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E5%B7%9E)" title="ウィルクスバリ (ペンシルベニア州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ウィルクスバリ (ペンシルベニア州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BA%D1%81-%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Вилкс-Барре – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Вилкс-Барре" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_(Pennsylvania)" title="Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B8-%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%B0" title="ਵਿਲਕਸ-ਬਿਅਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵਿਲਕਸ-ਬਿਅਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ty mw-list-item"><a href="https://ty.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Tahitian" lang="ty" hreflang="ty" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Reo tahiti" data-language-local-name="Tahitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Reo tahiti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BA%D1%81-%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Уилкс-Барре – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Уилкс-Барре" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BA%D1%81-%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0)" title="Вилкс-Бери (Пенсилванија) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Вилкс-Бери (Пенсилванија)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BA%D1%81-%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Вилкс-Барре – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Вилкс-Барре" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pensilvanya" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pensilvanya – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Wilkes-Barre, Pensilvanya" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BA%D1%81-%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Вілкс-Барре – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Вілкс-Барре" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B1%D8%8C_%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="ویلکس-بارر، پنسلوانیا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ویلکس-بارر، پنسلوانیا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre" title="Wilkes-Barre – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Wilkes-Barre" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%B0%94%E5%85%8B%E6%96%AF-%E5%B7%B4%E9%87%8C_(%E5%AE%BE%E5%A4%95%E6%B3%95%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9A%E5%B7%9E)" title="威尔克斯-巴里 (宾夕法尼亚州) – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="威尔克斯-巴里 (宾夕法尼亚州)" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> 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For the township, see <a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilkes-Barre Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Wilkes-Barre Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania</a>. 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Wilkes-Barre</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a 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states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of counties in Pennsylvania">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Luzerne</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1769</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Incorporated</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1806: Borough</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> </th><td class="infobox-data">1871: City</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Wilkes" title="John Wilkes">John Wilkes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Barr%C3%A9" title="Isaac Barré">Isaac Barré</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mayor%E2%80%93council_government" title="Mayor–council government">Mayor–council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Wilkes-Barre City Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="List of mayors of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">George Brown (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">D</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-TigerWebMapServer_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TigerWebMapServer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of municipalities in Pennsylvania">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">7.19 sq mi (18.63 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">6.85 sq mi (17.74 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.35 sq mi (0.90 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">525 ft (160 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of municipalities in Pennsylvania">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">44,328</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">6,473.13/sq mi (2,499.19/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">401,884 (US: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas">100th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">562,037</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Daylight Time">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">18701–18703, 18705, 18706, 18710, 18711, 18762, 18764–18767, 18769, 18773</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan" title="North American Numbering Plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_570_and_272" title="Area codes 570 and 272">570 and 272</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards" title="Federal Information Processing Standards">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">42-85152</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wilkes-barre.city/">wilkes-barre.city</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Wilkes-Barre</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ɛər/: 'are' in 'bare'">ɛər</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">WILKS</span>-bair-ee</i></a>) is a city in and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Luzerne County, Pennsylvania</a>, United States. Located at the center of the <a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Valley" title="Wyoming Valley">Wyoming Valley</a> in <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Pennsylvania" title="Northeastern Pennsylvania">Northeastern Pennsylvania</a>, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census. It is the second-largest city, after <a href="/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania" title="Scranton, Pennsylvania">Scranton</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Valley" title="Wyoming Valley">Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area</a>, which had a population of 567,559 as of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, making it the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Pennsylvania after the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Delaware Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greater_Pittsburgh" title="Greater Pittsburgh">Greater Pittsburgh</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley" title="Lehigh Valley">Lehigh Valley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Harrisburg%E2%80%93Carlisle_metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area">Greater Harrisburg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The contiguous network of five <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">cities</a> and more than 40 <a href="/wiki/Borough" title="Borough">boroughs</a> all built in a straight line in Northeastern Pennsylvania's urban core act, culturally and logistically as one continuous city, so while the city of Wilkes-Barre itself is a mid-sized city, the larger Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Urban Area contains half a million residents in roughly 300 square miles (780 km<sup>2</sup>). Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is the cultural and economic center of a region called Northeastern Pennsylvania, which is home to over 1.3 million residents. Wilkes-Barre and the surrounding Wyoming Valley are framed by the <a href="/wiki/Pocono_Mountains" title="Pocono Mountains">Pocono Mountains</a> to the east, the <a href="/wiki/Endless_Mountains" title="Endless Mountains">Endless Mountains</a> to the north and west, and the Lehigh Valley to the south. The <a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_River" title="Susquehanna River">Susquehanna River</a> flows through the center of the valley and defines the northwestern border of the city. </p><p>Wilkes-Barre was founded in 1769, incorporated as a borough in 1806, and formally re-incorporated as a city in 1869. The city grew rapidly in the 19th century after the discovery of nearby coal reserves and the arrival of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, who provided a labor force for the city's mines. The mining of high-quality <a href="/wiki/Anthracite" title="Anthracite">anthracite</a> coal fueled industrialization in the city, which reached the height of its prosperity in the first half of the 20th century. Its population peaked at more than 86,000 in 1930. </p><p>Following <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the city's economy declined due to the collapse of industry. The <a href="/wiki/Knox_Mine_disaster" title="Knox Mine disaster">Knox Mine disaster</a> accelerated this trend after large portions of the area's coal mines were flooded and could not be reopened. In the 21st century, the city's population is roughly half that of its peak population of the 1930s, though it remains the largest city in Luzerne County and the 13th-largest city in Pennsylvania. </p><p>Wilkes-Barre is located 49 miles (79 km) north-northwest of <a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown</a>, 97 miles (156 km) north-northwest of <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, and 106 miles (171 km) west-northwest of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> . </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="18th_century">18th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 18th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Pennamite%E2%80%93Yankee_War" title="Pennamite–Yankee War">Pennamite–Yankee War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_in_the_American_Revolution" title="Pennsylvania in the American Revolution">Pennsylvania in the American Revolution</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Map_Of_The_State_Of_Pennsylvania_by_Reading_Howell,_1792.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/A_Map_Of_The_State_Of_Pennsylvania_by_Reading_Howell%2C_1792.jpg/220px-A_Map_Of_The_State_Of_Pennsylvania_by_Reading_Howell%2C_1792.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/A_Map_Of_The_State_Of_Pennsylvania_by_Reading_Howell%2C_1792.jpg/330px-A_Map_Of_The_State_Of_Pennsylvania_by_Reading_Howell%2C_1792.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/A_Map_Of_The_State_Of_Pennsylvania_by_Reading_Howell%2C_1792.jpg/440px-A_Map_Of_The_State_Of_Pennsylvania_by_Reading_Howell%2C_1792.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9730" data-file-height="5719" /></a><figcaption>A 1792 map of <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> with Wilkes-Barre visible in the <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Pennsylvania" title="Northeastern Pennsylvania">northeast</a>; at the time, <a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Luzerne County</a> occupied a vast portion of Northeastern Pennsylvania</figcaption></figure> <p>By the 18th century, the <a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Valley" title="Wyoming Valley">Wyoming Valley</a> was inhabited by the <a href="/wiki/Shawnee" title="Shawnee">Shawnee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lenape" title="Lenape">Lenape</a>, also known as Delaware Indian tribes. In 1753, the Susquehanna Company was founded in <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Colony" title="Connecticut Colony">Connecticut</a> for settling the Wyoming Valley in present-day <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>. Connecticut succeeded in purchasing the land from the <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">Native Americans</a>; however, Pennsylvania already claimed the very same territory through a purchase they made in 1736. In 1762, roughly two hundred Connecticut settlers (<a href="/wiki/Yankee" title="Yankee">Yankees</a>) established a settlement near <a href="/wiki/Mill_Creek_(Susquehanna_River_tributary)" title="Mill Creek (Susquehanna River tributary)">Mill Creek</a>. They planted wheat and constructed log cabins. The Yankees returned to <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> for the winter.<sup id="cite_ref-pagenweb.org_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pagenweb.org-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Connecticut settlers returned in the spring of 1763 with their families and additional supplies. A party of <a href="/wiki/Iroquois" title="Iroquois">Iroquois</a> also visited the area with the dual purpose of turning the <a href="/wiki/Lenape" title="Lenape">Lenape</a> tribe against the colonists and killing <a href="/wiki/Teedyuscung" title="Teedyuscung">Teedyuscung</a>, a local Lenape chief. On April 19, 1763, the residence of the chief, along with several others, was set ablaze. Chief Teedyuscung perished in the inferno. The Iroquois let the Lenape believe that this atrocity was committed by the settlers. As a result, the Lenape attacked the colonists on October 15, 1763, killing thirty settlers and taking several others as prisoners. Those who managed to escape fled back to <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a>. The Lenape then burned what was left of the settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-pagenweb.org_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pagenweb.org-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_Colonel_Isaac_Barr%C3%A9_-_Gilbert_Stuart_-_overall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Brooklyn_Museum_-_Colonel_Isaac_Barr%C3%A9_-_Gilbert_Stuart_-_overall.jpg/220px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_Colonel_Isaac_Barr%C3%A9_-_Gilbert_Stuart_-_overall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Brooklyn_Museum_-_Colonel_Isaac_Barr%C3%A9_-_Gilbert_Stuart_-_overall.jpg/330px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_Colonel_Isaac_Barr%C3%A9_-_Gilbert_Stuart_-_overall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Brooklyn_Museum_-_Colonel_Isaac_Barr%C3%A9_-_Gilbert_Stuart_-_overall.jpg/440px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_Colonel_Isaac_Barr%C3%A9_-_Gilbert_Stuart_-_overall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="594" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_Isaac_Barr%C3%A9" title="Portrait of Isaac Barré">Portrait of Isaac Barré</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Stuart" title="Gilbert Stuart">Gilbert Stuart</a>, 1785. The city was named after Barré and <a href="/wiki/John_Wilkes" title="John Wilkes">John Wilkes</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1769, the Yankees returned to the Wyoming Valley. Five townships were established by Connecticut. Each one was five square miles and divided amongst forty settlers. <a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilkes-Barre Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Wilkes-Barre Township</a> was one of the original townships; it was named in honor of <a href="/wiki/John_Wilkes" title="John Wilkes">John Wilkes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Barr%C3%A9" title="Isaac Barré">Isaac Barré</a>—two British members of <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="Parliament of Great Britain">Parliament</a> who supported <a href="/wiki/Colonial_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial America">colonial America</a>. Pennsylvanians (Pennamites) also arrived in the valley that same year.<sup id="cite_ref-pagenweb.org_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pagenweb.org-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Connecticut settlers established Fort Durkee, which was named in honor of their leader, Colonel Durkee. This was immediately followed by the <a href="/wiki/Pennamite-Yankee_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennamite-Yankee War">Pennamite-Yankee War</a>—a series of skirmishes between Pennsylvanian and Connecticut settlers. The land changed hands several times between the two groups. The <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Confederation" title="Congress of the Confederation">Congress of the Confederation</a> was asked to resolve the matter. With the Decree of Trenton, on December 30, 1782, the confederation government officially decided that the region belonged to Pennsylvania, and the Wyoming Valley became part of <a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Northumberland County, Pennsylvania">Northumberland County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pagenweb.org_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pagenweb.org-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a> two forts were built at Wilkes-Barre. Fort Wilkes-Barre was completed in 1778 but was abandoned and burned later that year following the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wyoming" title="Battle of Wyoming">Battle of Wyoming</a>. Fort Wyoming (later renamed <a href="/wiki/Fort_Dickinson" title="Fort Dickinson">Fort Dickinson</a>) was constructed when the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> reoccupied the Wyoming Valley and served as a staging area for the <a href="/wiki/Sullivan_Expedition" title="Sullivan Expedition">Sullivan Expedition</a> in 1779.<sup id="cite_ref-Harvey_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harvey-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Revolutionary War the State of Pennsylvania ruled that the Connecticut settlers were not citizens of Pennsylvania. They were not permitted to vote and were ordered to give up their property claims. In May 1784, armed men from Pennsylvania force-marched the Connecticut settlers away from the valley. By November, the Yankees returned with a greater force. They captured and destroyed Fort Dickinson in Wilkes-Barre. With that victory, a new state (which was separate from both Connecticut and Pennsylvania) was proposed. The new state was to be named <a href="/wiki/State_of_Westmoreland" title="State of Westmoreland">Westmoreland</a>. To ensure that they didn't lose the land, Pennsylvania's state government negotiated a compromise with the Connecticut (Yankee) settlers. The Yankee settlers would become citizens of Pennsylvania and their property claims would be restored prior to the Decree of Trenton. As part of the compromise, Pennsylvania would establish a new county in <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Pennsylvania" title="Northeastern Pennsylvania">Northeastern Pennsylvania</a>. The Yankees agreed to the terms.<sup id="cite_ref-pagenweb.org_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pagenweb.org-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 25, 1786, the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_General_Assembly" title="Pennsylvania General Assembly">Pennsylvania General Assembly</a> passed a resolution which created Luzerne County. It was formed from a section of Northumberland County and named after <a href="/wiki/Chevalier_de_la_Luzerne" class="mw-redirect" title="Chevalier de la Luzerne">Chevalier de la Luzerne</a>, a <a href="/wiki/French_Royal_Army_(1652%E2%80%931830)" class="mw-redirect" title="French Royal Army (1652–1830)">French soldier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diplomat" title="Diplomat">diplomat</a> during the 18th century. Wilkes-Barre became the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">seat of government</a> for the new territory. This resolution ended the idea of creating a new state.<sup id="cite_ref-pagenweb.org_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pagenweb.org-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1797, several decades after the community's founding, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Philippe_I" title="Louis Philippe I">Louis Philippe</a>, later the King of France from 1830 to 1848, stayed in Wilkes-Barre while traveling to the <a href="/wiki/French_Azilum" title="French Azilum">French Asylum</a> settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century">19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Pennsylvania in the American Civil War">Pennsylvania in the American Civil War</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Birds_eye_view_of_Wilkes-Barre,_Pa._(2675064226).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Birds_eye_view_of_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pa._%282675064226%29.jpg/220px-Birds_eye_view_of_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pa._%282675064226%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Birds_eye_view_of_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pa._%282675064226%29.jpg/330px-Birds_eye_view_of_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pa._%282675064226%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Birds_eye_view_of_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pa._%282675064226%29.jpg/440px-Birds_eye_view_of_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pa._%282675064226%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1608" /></a><figcaption>An 1872 panoramic map of Wilkes-Barre</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HotelSterlingWilkesBarre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/HotelSterlingWilkesBarre.jpg/220px-HotelSterlingWilkesBarre.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/HotelSterlingWilkesBarre.jpg/330px-HotelSterlingWilkesBarre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/HotelSterlingWilkesBarre.jpg/440px-HotelSterlingWilkesBarre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1095" data-file-height="711" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Hotel_Sterling" title="Hotel Sterling">Hotel Sterling</a>, built in 1897</figcaption></figure><p> Wilkes-Barre's population skyrocketed due to the discovery of <a href="/wiki/Anthracite" title="Anthracite">anthracite coal</a> in the 19th century. In 1808, Judge <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Fell" title="Jesse Fell">Jesse Fell</a> of Wilkes-Barre discovered a solution to ignite anthracite with the usage of an iron grate; it allowed for the coal to light and burn more easily. This invention increased the popularity of anthracite as a fuel source. This led to the expansion of the coal industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania; Wilkes-Barre was nicknamed "The Diamond City" due to its high <a href="/wiki/Productivity" title="Productivity">productivity</a> of mining coal. The growing demand for coal as a domestic heat source resulted in changes to patterns of immigration to Wilkes-Barre in the 19th century. The <a href="/wiki/American_Guide_Series" title="American Guide Series">Pennsylvania guide</a>, compiled by the Writers' Program of the <a href="/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration" title="Works Progress Administration">Works Progress Administration</a> in 1940, noted that:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Until 1870 all immigration was from the north of Europe, with the Irish predominating. Then mine operators sent representatives to central and southern Europe to induce peasants to come to the American coal fields. Many of the older workers consequently were supplanted by newcomers willing to work for low wages, and bitter conflicts followed. The cleavage along national lines, however, gave to Wilkes-Barre such picturesque sections as Five Points, now East End, where a crowd of miners used to gather nightly on the steps of Mackin Brothers' Store, a scene described by Con Carbon in a popular ballad of the 1890s:</p><div style="margin-left: 2em;" class="poem"> <p>And once thy peaceful tide<br /> The Far Downs and <a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connaught</a> men<br /> Fight, and then make up again,<br /> Dutch and Scotch and English men—<br /> All like chickens in a pen.<br /> The powder smoke does be so thick,<br /> You could not cut it with a pick,<br /> The smell of gas would make you sick<br /> In front of Mackin's store. </p> </div><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Federal Writers'Project, "Part II: Cities and Towns", <i>Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Keystone State</i> (1940)</cite></div></blockquote> <p>Throughout the 1800s, <a href="/wiki/Canals" class="mw-redirect" title="Canals">canals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Railroads" class="mw-redirect" title="Railroads">railroads</a> were constructed to aid in the mining and transportation of coal. Hundreds of thousands of immigrants flocked to the city; they were seeking jobs in the numerous mines and collieries that sprang up throughout the <a href="/wiki/Coal_Region" title="Coal Region">region</a>. In 1806, Wilkes-Barre Borough was formed from a segment of Wilkes-Barre Township; it was later incorporated as a city in 1871. This was the direct result of the population boom. At its peak, Wilkes-Barre had a population of over 86,000 in the 1930s and 40s. </p><p>New industries were established and the <a href="/wiki/Vulcan_Iron_Works_(Wilkes-Barre)" title="Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre)">Vulcan Iron Works</a> was a well-known manufacturer of railway locomotives from 1849 to 1954. During Wilkes-Barre's reign as an industrial and economic force in America, several major companies and franchises became based in the city, such as <a href="/wiki/F.W._Woolworth_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="F.W. Woolworth Company">Woolworth</a>'s, Sterling Hotels, Miner's Bank, <a href="/wiki/Bell_Telephone_Company" title="Bell Telephone Company">Bell Telephone</a>, Luzerne National Bank, and <a href="/wiki/Lion_Brewery,_Inc." title="Lion Brewery, Inc.">Stegmaier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Even though the overall economy was doing very well, the city was still prone to natural disasters. Besides frequent flooding from the Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre also endured a devastating <a href="/wiki/Fujita_scale" title="Fujita scale">F3</a> <a href="/wiki/Tornado" title="Tornado">tornado</a> on <a href="/wiki/1890_Wilkes-Barre_tornado" title="1890 Wilkes-Barre tornado">August 19, 1890</a>. The twister killed 16 people, injured 50, damaged or destroyed 260 buildings, and cost at least $240,000 (in 1890 money).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Child_Labor_in_United_States,_coal_mines_Pennsylvania.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Child_Labor_in_United_States%2C_coal_mines_Pennsylvania.jpg/220px-Child_Labor_in_United_States%2C_coal_mines_Pennsylvania.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Child_Labor_in_United_States%2C_coal_mines_Pennsylvania.jpg/330px-Child_Labor_in_United_States%2C_coal_mines_Pennsylvania.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Child_Labor_in_United_States%2C_coal_mines_Pennsylvania.jpg/440px-Child_Labor_in_United_States%2C_coal_mines_Pennsylvania.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="776" /></a><figcaption>Children working in Wilkes-Barre's coal industry in 1906 prior to the implementation of federal child labor laws</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Main_Street,_from_Public_Square,_Wilkes-Barre,_Pa_(70260).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/South_Main_Street%2C_from_Public_Square%2C_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pa_%2870260%29.jpg/220px-South_Main_Street%2C_from_Public_Square%2C_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pa_%2870260%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/South_Main_Street%2C_from_Public_Square%2C_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pa_%2870260%29.jpg/330px-South_Main_Street%2C_from_Public_Square%2C_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pa_%2870260%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/South_Main_Street%2C_from_Public_Square%2C_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pa_%2870260%29.jpg/440px-South_Main_Street%2C_from_Public_Square%2C_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pa_%2870260%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3301" data-file-height="2085" /></a><figcaption>South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1940</span></figcaption></figure> <p>Wilkes-Barre is located within Pennsylvania's <a href="/wiki/Coal_Region" title="Coal Region">Coal Region</a>. The anthracite coal mining industry, and its extensive use of <a href="/wiki/Child_labor" class="mw-redirect" title="Child labor">child labor</a> in the early 20th century, was one of the industries targeted by the <a href="/wiki/National_Child_Labor_Committee" title="National Child Labor Committee">National Child Labor Committee</a> and its hired photographer, <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hine" title="Lewis Hine">Lewis Hine</a>. Many of Hine's subjects were photographed in the mines and coal fields near Wilkes-Barre. The impact of the Hine photographs led to the enactment of <a href="/wiki/Child_labor_laws" class="mw-redirect" title="Child labor laws">child labor laws</a> across the country.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The coal industry continued despite several disasters, including an explosion at Wilkes-Barre's <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Mine_Tunnel_Disaster_(Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Mine Tunnel Disaster (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)">Baltimore Colliery</a> in 1919, which killed 92 miners. The industry declined when the United States switched to other energy sources, and most coal operations had left Wilkes-Barre by the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The 1959 <a href="/wiki/Knox_Mine_Disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Knox Mine Disaster">Knox Mine Disaster</a>, resulting in the flooding of numerous mines, marked the end of large-scale coal mining in the area. Industrial restructuring also caused the city to lose jobs and begin a decades-long decline.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1926, <a href="/wiki/Planters" title="Planters">Planters Peanuts Company</a> was founded in Wilkes-Barre by two Italian immigrants. The company maintained its headquarters in the city until 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1929, baseball player <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a> hit one of the longest home runs in history at <a href="/wiki/Artillery_Park_(baseball)" title="Artillery Park (baseball)">Artillery Park</a> in Wilkes-Barre.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 8, 1972, Wilkes-Barre became the birthplace of modern <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable television</a> programming when <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">Home Box Office (HBO)</a> launched over the city's Teleservice Cable system (now <a href="/wiki/Service_Electric" title="Service Electric">Service Electric Cable</a>). Around 365 Teleservice subscribers were the first to receive the premium cable service when it commenced broadcasts. As local ordinances prohibiting direct-to-cable telecasts of theatrical feature films prevented <a href="/wiki/Time_Inc." title="Time Inc.">Time-Life</a> from launching HBO over its New York City-based Sterling Manhattan cable franchise, the company initially sought an agreement with Teleservice to launch it on the provider's <a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown</a> system; possible <a href="/wiki/Blackout_(broadcasting)" title="Blackout (broadcasting)">television blackout</a> conflicts for HBO-televised <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> games, as Allentown was located within the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>'s 75-mile [121 km] blackout radius, resulted in Teleservice electing to offer it on its Wilkes-Barre system instead.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wilkes-Barre became the site of <a href="/wiki/1982_Wilkes-Barre_shootings" title="1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings">a mass shooting</a> on September 25, 1982. George Emil Banks killed 13 people and wounded one.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Banks was deemed incompetent to be executed yet currently resides on death row.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Flooding">Flooding</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Flooding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flood_Walls_on_Market_Street_in_Wilkes-Barre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flood_Walls_on_Market_Street_in_Wilkes-Barre.jpg/220px-Flood_Walls_on_Market_Street_in_Wilkes-Barre.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flood_Walls_on_Market_Street_in_Wilkes-Barre.jpg/330px-Flood_Walls_on_Market_Street_in_Wilkes-Barre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flood_Walls_on_Market_Street_in_Wilkes-Barre.jpg/440px-Flood_Walls_on_Market_Street_in_Wilkes-Barre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Temporary <a href="/wiki/Flood_wall" title="Flood wall">flood walls</a> on Market Street in Wilkes-Barre in September 2011</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wilkes_Barre_Flood.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wilkes_Barre_Flood.jpg/220px-Wilkes_Barre_Flood.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wilkes_Barre_Flood.jpg/330px-Wilkes_Barre_Flood.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wilkes_Barre_Flood.jpg/440px-Wilkes_Barre_Flood.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1125" /></a><figcaption>Wilkes-Barre during the September 2011 flood</figcaption></figure> <p>Manufacturing and retail remained Wilkes-Barre's strongest industries, but the city's economy took a major blow from <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Agnes" title="Hurricane Agnes">Tropical Storm Agnes</a> in 1972. The storm pushed the <a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_River" title="Susquehanna River">Susquehanna River</a> to a height of nearly 41 feet (12 m), four feet above the city's <a href="/wiki/Levee" title="Levee">levees</a>, flooding downtown with nine feet of water. A total of 128 deaths were attributed to the storm. Most drowning deaths were caused by people trapped in their cars. Almost 400,000 homes and businesses were destroyed and 220,000 Pennsylvanians were left homeless (as were hundreds of thousands in other states). Damage was estimated to be $2.1 billion in Pennsylvania alone. President <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> sent aid to the area, after flying over in his helicopter on his way to his <a href="/wiki/Camp_David" title="Camp David">Camp David</a> retreat (on June 24, 1972).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Wilkes-Barre attempted to prevent the damage from storms as intense as Agnes by building a levee system that rises 41 feet (12 m); completed in January 2003, the network of levees cost roughly $250 million.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has successfully resisted other threatening floods in 1996, 2004, and 2006. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Army Corps of Engineers</a> has praised the quality of the levees. In 2006, the city made the front page of national newspapers when 200,000 residents were told to evacuate in the wake of flooding that was forecast to reach levels near that of 1972, though the flooding fell short of predictions.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late August 2011, <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Irene_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane Irene 2011">Hurricane Irene</a>, centered off the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> coast, caused the Susquehanna River to rise to flood level, but there was no cause for alarm. Then, from September 6 to 8, heavy rains from the inland remnants of <a href="/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Lee_(2011)" title="Tropical Storm Lee (2011)">Tropical Storm Lee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katia_(2011)" title="Hurricane Katia (2011)">Hurricane Katia</a> offshore funneled heavy rain over the Wyoming Valley and into the Susquehanna River watershed. The Susquehanna swelled to record levels across the state. In Wilkes-Barre, it crested on September 9 at an all-time record of 42.66 feet (13 m),<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> nearly 2 feet (0.6 m) higher than water levels reached during Hurricane Agnes in 1972. The levees protected Wilkes-Barre, but nearby boroughs did not escape, as <a href="/wiki/West_Pittston,_Pennsylvania" title="West Pittston, Pennsylvania">West Pittston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_Pennsylvania" title="Plymouth, Pennsylvania">Plymouth</a>, and parts of <a href="/wiki/Plains_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Plains Township, Pennsylvania">Plains Township</a> were affected by extreme flooding. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Revitalization_and_construction">Revitalization and construction</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Revitalization and construction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wilkes-Barre_Historic_District.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Wilkes-Barre_Historic_District.jpg/220px-Wilkes-Barre_Historic_District.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Wilkes-Barre_Historic_District.jpg/330px-Wilkes-Barre_Historic_District.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Wilkes-Barre_Historic_District.jpg/440px-Wilkes-Barre_Historic_District.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2635" data-file-height="1597" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Weiss_Hall" title="Weiss Hall">Weiss Hall</a>, built in 1895, is now part of the <a href="/wiki/River_Street_Historic_District_(Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania)" title="River Street Historic District (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)">River Street Historic District</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wilkes-Barre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Wilkes-Barre.jpg/220px-Wilkes-Barre.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Wilkes-Barre.jpg/330px-Wilkes-Barre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Wilkes-Barre.jpg/440px-Wilkes-Barre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The public square in Wilkes-Barre</figcaption></figure> <p>On June 9, 2005, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Leighton" title="Thomas M. Leighton">Thomas M. Leighton</a>, the city's mayor, unveiled his <i>"I believe..."</i> campaign for Wilkes-Barre, which was intended to boost the city's spirits. Construction began on a planned downtown theatre complex, which had a grand opening on June 30, 2006. Renovation of the landmark <a href="/wiki/Hotel_Sterling" title="Hotel Sterling">Hotel Sterling</a> was being pursued by CityVest, a nonprofit developer. The expansion of <a href="/wiki/Wilkes_University" title="Wilkes University">Wilkes University</a> and <a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_(Pennsylvania)" title="King's College (Pennsylvania)">King's College</a> took place. Also, the canopy and matching street lights in Public Square and across downtown were removed; they were replaced by new green lampposts. </p><p>Wilkes-Barre celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2006. Several events, including a <a href="/wiki/Beach_Boys" class="mw-redirect" title="Beach Boys">Beach Boys</a> concert, were planned but canceled due to extremely heavy rains. Most of the city's population was ordered to evacuate on June 28, 2006, and the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bicentennial" class="extiw" title="wikt:bicentennial">Bicentennial</a> celebration was postponed to Labor Day weekend. </p><p>The Riverfront revitalization project (River Common), broke ground in 2007 and was completed in early 2010. It has made the riverfront accessible to the public. The area also has a new amphitheater for live performances and improved access through ramps and sidewalks. Fountains and color-changing lights have been added underneath two bridges which carry pedestrian traffic across the normally-open <a href="/wiki/Levee" title="Levee">levee</a>. The project stretches approximately four blocks from the <a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County_Courthouse" title="Luzerne County Courthouse">Luzerne County Courthouse</a> to the intersection of South River Street and West South Street. The River Common has since hosted concerts and charity events. </p><p>Since completion of the River Common, additional improvements to city infrastructure have been progressing. New crosswalks have been installed downtown, including signage emphasizing that pedestrians have the right-of-way. The completion of the James F. Conahan Intermodal Transportation Facility has added parking and relocated Luzerne County buses from their former Public Square staging sites. This has reduced traffic congestion around the square. Private carrier Martz offers coach bus service from the terminal as well.<sup id="cite_ref-transportation-1_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transportation-1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The widening and realignment of Coal Street, a major road connecting Wilkes-Barre City with Wilkes-Barre Township, was completed in 2012. The new Coal Street provides four lanes over the original two lanes, making travel between the highly commercial Wilkes-Barre Township and the city much easier. In 2013, <a href="/wiki/Hotel_Sterling" title="Hotel Sterling">Hotel Sterling</a> was demolished due to flood damage in the hotel's basement (which compromised the building's integrity). As of today, several buildings are in the process of being constructed on the site of the former hotel.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wilkes-Barre_with_Susquehanna_River.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wilkes-Barre_with_Susquehanna_River.jpg/220px-Wilkes-Barre_with_Susquehanna_River.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wilkes-Barre_with_Susquehanna_River.jpg/330px-Wilkes-Barre_with_Susquehanna_River.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wilkes-Barre_with_Susquehanna_River.jpg/440px-Wilkes-Barre_with_Susquehanna_River.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1752" data-file-height="585" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_River" title="Susquehanna River">Susquehanna River</a> and Wilkes-Barre</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wilkes-BarreNight.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wilkes-BarreNight.JPG/220px-Wilkes-BarreNight.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wilkes-BarreNight.JPG/330px-Wilkes-BarreNight.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wilkes-BarreNight.JPG/440px-Wilkes-BarreNight.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1694" data-file-height="1050" /></a><figcaption>Downtown Wilkes-Barre at night</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Steigmier_Brewery_PA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Steigmier_Brewery_PA.jpg/220px-Steigmier_Brewery_PA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Steigmier_Brewery_PA.jpg/330px-Steigmier_Brewery_PA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Steigmier_Brewery_PA.jpg/440px-Steigmier_Brewery_PA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2376" data-file-height="1782" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Lion_Brewery,_Inc." title="Lion Brewery, Inc.">Stegmaier Federal Building</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roth_Residence_Hall_Wilkes_Barre_PA.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Roth_Residence_Hall_Wilkes_Barre_PA.JPG/220px-Roth_Residence_Hall_Wilkes_Barre_PA.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Roth_Residence_Hall_Wilkes_Barre_PA.JPG/330px-Roth_Residence_Hall_Wilkes_Barre_PA.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Roth_Residence_Hall_Wilkes_Barre_PA.JPG/440px-Roth_Residence_Hall_Wilkes_Barre_PA.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2352" data-file-height="1568" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/River_Street_Historic_District_(Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania)" title="River Street Historic District (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)">Roth Residence Hall</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McClintock_Hall_Wilkes_B_PA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/McClintock_Hall_Wilkes_B_PA.jpg/220px-McClintock_Hall_Wilkes_B_PA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/McClintock_Hall_Wilkes_B_PA.jpg/330px-McClintock_Hall_Wilkes_B_PA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/McClintock_Hall_Wilkes_B_PA.jpg/440px-McClintock_Hall_Wilkes_B_PA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2174" data-file-height="1449" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/McClintock_Hall" title="McClintock Hall">McClintock Hall</a>, built in 1841</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 7.2 square miles (19 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 6.8 square miles (18 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km<sup>2</sup>), or 4.60%, is water. The city is bordered by the <a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_River" title="Susquehanna River">Susquehanna River</a> to the west. Most of Downtown is located on a wide <a href="/wiki/Floodplain" title="Floodplain">floodplain</a>. <a href="/wiki/Floodwall" class="mw-redirect" title="Floodwall">Floodwalls</a> were constructed to protect a large percentage of the city. The elevation of the downtown area is about 550 feet (170 m) above sea level. As you travel inland, away from the river, the elevation rises. Wilkes-Barre Mountain is a physical barrier southeast of the city. </p><p>The contiguous network of 5 cities and more than 40 boroughs all built in a straight line in Northeastern Pennsylvania's urban area act culturally and logistically as one continuous city, so while the city of Wilkes-Barre itself is a smaller town, the larger unofficial city of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre contains nearly half a million residents in roughly 200 square miles. </p><p>Wilkes-Barre is located approximately 63 miles (101 km) northwest of <a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown</a>, and 113 miles (182 km) northwest of <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>. Wilkes-Barre and the surrounding Wyoming Valley are framed by the <a href="/wiki/Pocono_Mountains" title="Pocono Mountains">Pocono Mountains</a> to the east, the <a href="/wiki/Endless_Mountains" title="Endless Mountains">Endless Mountains</a> to the north and west, and the <a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley" title="Lehigh Valley">Lehigh Valley</a> to the south. The <a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_River" title="Susquehanna River">Susquehanna River</a> flows through the center of the valley and defines the northwestern border of the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neighborhoods">Neighborhoods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Neighborhoods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wilkes-Barre houses over one dozen neighborhoods: </p> <ul><li><b>Central City:</b> It is also referred to as "<a href="/wiki/Downtown" title="Downtown">Downtown</a>." This section of the city is located between the Susquehanna River and Wilkes-Barre Boulevard, and between South and North Streets. It is the original foundation of Wilkes-Barre (the 16 blocks claimed by the Connecticut settlers who founded the city). The neighborhood is home to most of the city's <a href="/wiki/High-rise" class="mw-redirect" title="High-rise">high-rises</a> and its one <a href="/wiki/Town_square" title="Town square">Public Square</a>. Throughout the city's history, the area has remained a hub for all of Luzerne County. During the city's boom, this small area was home to the headquarters of more than 100 national corporations. Today, it still houses the NEPA Headquarters for Verizon, Citizen's Bank, Blue Cross, PNC Bank, Luzerne National Bank, Guard Insurance, and a number of other companies. Thousands of people live and/or work in Downtown Wilkes-Barre every day.</li> <li><b>North End:</b> This is the area northeast of Downtown. It comprises a number of urban and suburban communities. North End is renowned for its architecture.</li> <li><b>Parsons:</b> This neighborhood is also northeast of Downtown. This is a quiet part of the city (with a suburban atmosphere). It includes two city parks, a golf course, and a number of factories.</li> <li><b>Miners' Mills:</b> This community was named after a prominent local family (who lived in the area). Miners' Mills is the last neighborhood on the northeastern border of the city.</li> <li><b>East End:</b> This neighborhood is directly east of Downtown. East End, Heights, and Mayflower are fairly new areas compared to the rest of the city, having only been developed in the 20th century. Old pictures of the <a href="/wiki/Lion_Brewery,_Inc." title="Lion Brewery, Inc.">Stegmaier Building</a> indicate that everything east of Downtown was undeveloped until the 1900s.</li> <li><b>Heights:</b> This section of the city is located southeast of Downtown. It is centered between East End and Mayflower.</li> <li><b>Mayflower:</b> This area is located south of Downtown. It was once home to numerous mansions owned by various "bigwigs." Today it houses the OKT, Lincoln Plaza, and Park Avenue residential housing communities. The best view of Downtown can be seen from the high streets of Mayflower.</li> <li><b>South Wilkes-Barre:</b> This neighborhood is located directly southwest of Downtown. It was home to the national headquarters of Planter's Peanuts and the Bell Telephone Company (in the 20th century). One of the tallest churches in Luzerne County, St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church, dominates the south end skyline (standing at nearly 200 feet).</li> <li><b>Goose Island:</b> This area is located in the southwestern section of the city between South Wilkes-Barre and Rolling Mill Hill.</li> <li><b>Rolling Mill Hill:</b> This neighborhood is also located in the southwestern part of the city.</li> <li><b>Iron Triangle:</b> This is another community southwest of Downtown.</li> <li><b>Other neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods:</b> There are other smaller neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods in Wilkes-Barre City (e.g., Brookside, Upper Miners' Mills, Lower Miners' Mills, and Barney Farms).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_municipalities">Adjacent municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Adjacent municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilkes-Barre Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Wilkes-Barre Township</a> (southeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plains_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Plains Township, Pennsylvania">Plains Township</a> (east and northeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Pennsylvania" title="Kingston, Pennsylvania">Kingston</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwardsville,_Pennsylvania" title="Edwardsville, Pennsylvania">Edwardsville</a> (northwest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larksville,_Pennsylvania" title="Larksville, Pennsylvania">Larksville</a> (west)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanover_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Hanover Township</a> (southwest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Creek_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Bear Creek Township, Pennsylvania">Bear Creek Township</a> (southwest)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>, Wilkes-Barre falls within either a <a href="/wiki/Hot-summer_humid_continental_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot-summer humid continental climate">hot-summer humid continental climate</a> (<i>Dfa</i>) if the 0 °C (32 °F) isotherm is used or a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<i>Cfa</i>) if the −3 °C (27 °F) isotherm is used. Summers are hot and winters are moderately cold with wide variations in temperature. Winters are cold with a January average of 28.0 °F (−2.2 °C).<sup id="cite_ref-NCDC_txt_KAVP_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCDC_txt_KAVP-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The surrounding mountains have an influence on the climate (including both precipitation and temperatures), leading to wide variations within a short distance.<sup id="cite_ref-NOAALCD_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAALCD-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On average, temperatures below 0 °F (−17.8 °C) are infrequent, occurring 2.5 days per year, and there are 34.9 days where the maximum temperature remains below 32 °F (0.0 °C).<sup id="cite_ref-NCDC_txt_KAVP_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCDC_txt_KAVP-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The average annual snowfall is 45.1 inches (115 cm) during the winter (in which severe snowstorms are rare).<sup id="cite_ref-NOAALCD_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAALCD-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCDC_txt_KAVP_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCDC_txt_KAVP-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, when snowstorms do occur, they can disrupt normal routines for several days.<sup id="cite_ref-NOAALCD_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAALCD-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Summers are warm with a July average of 73.7 °F (23.2 °C).<sup id="cite_ref-NCDC_txt_KAVP_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCDC_txt_KAVP-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an average summer, temperatures exceeding 90 °F (32.2 °C) occur on 11.7 days and but rarely exceed 100 °F (37.8 °C).<sup id="cite_ref-NWS_Binghamton,_NY_(BGM)_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NWS_Binghamton,_NY_(BGM)-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spring and fall are unpredictable with temperatures ranging from cold to warm (although they are usually mild). On average, Wilkes-Barre receives 38.72 inches (983 mm) of precipitation each year, which is relatively evenly distributed throughout the year (though the summer months receive more precipitation).<sup id="cite_ref-NWS_Binghamton,_NY_(BGM)_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NWS_Binghamton,_NY_(BGM)-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Extreme temperatures range from −21 °F (−29.4 °C) on January 21, 1994, to 103 °F (39.4 °C) on July 9, 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-NWS_Binghamton,_NY_(BGM)_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NWS_Binghamton,_NY_(BGM)-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilkes-Barre averages 2,303 hours of sunshine per year, ranging from a low of 96 hours in December (or 33% of possible sunshine) to 286 hours in July (or 62% of possible sunshine).<sup id="cite_ref-WMO_KAVP_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMO_KAVP-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Hardiness_zone" title="Hardiness zone">hardiness zone</a> is 6b except in downtown and other areas near the river which are 7a.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is significantly warmer than the W-B/Scranton Airport due to the airport's higher latitude and elevation. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output 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template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div class="navbar-ct-mini">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre/Scranton_International_Airport" title="Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport">Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport</a>, Pennsylvania (1991–2020 normals,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> extremes 1901–present<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">103<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">102<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71<br />(22) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">103<br />(39) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.7<br />(14.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.0<br />(13.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.0<br />(20.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.3<br />(27.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.0<br />(31.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.5<br />(32.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.8<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.5<br />(32.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.6<br />(30.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.6<br />(25.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.1<br />(20.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.6<br />(15.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">94.3<br />(34.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.7<br />(2.1) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.8<br />(3.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.6<br />(8.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.1<br />(16.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.2<br />(22.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.9<br />(26.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.6<br />(29.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.4<br />(28.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.1<br />(23.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.1<br />(17.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.2<br />(10.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFEFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.3<br />(4.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">61.0<br />(16.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #DADAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(−2.2) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(−0.9) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.3<br />(3.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.2<br />(10.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.9<br />(16.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.0<br />(20.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.7<br />(23.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.8<br />(22.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.6<br />(18.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.2<br />(11.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF5EB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.7<br />(5.9) </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.3<br />(0.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">51.3<br />(10.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #C3C3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.3<br />(−6.5) </td> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(−5.6) </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(−1.7) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.3<br />(4.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.6<br />(9.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.1<br />(14.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.7<br />(17.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.1<br />(16.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC994; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.0<br />(12.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.3<br />(6.3) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.3<br />(1.3) </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(−3.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F2; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">41.7<br />(5.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(−17.4) </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br />(−15.8) </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(−11.7) </td> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(−4.1) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.7<br />(1.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.1<br />(6.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.9<br />(10.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.8<br />(9.3) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.7<br />(3.7) </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.7<br />(−1.8) </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.0<br />(−7.8) </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1<br />(−12.7) </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−1.6<br />(−18.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #4A4AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−21<br />(−29) </td> <td style="background: #4F4FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−19<br />(−28) </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4<br />(−20) </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(−13) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38<br />(3) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(−2) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(−15) </td> <td style="background: #5F5FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−13<br />(−25) </td> <td style="background: #4A4AFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−21<br />(−29) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #9CFF9C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.59<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #A8FFA8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.07<br />(53) </td> <td style="background: #96FF96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.77<br />(70) </td> <td style="background: #7FFF7F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.26<br />(83) </td> <td style="background: #83FF83; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.26<br />(83) </td> <td style="background: #69FF69; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.80<br />(97) </td> <td style="background: #75FF75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.61<br />(92) </td> <td style="background: #6CFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.85<br />(98) </td> <td style="background: #5DFF5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.15<br />(105) </td> <td style="background: #72FF72; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.71<br />(94) </td> <td style="background: #90FF90; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.85<br />(72) </td> <td style="background: #95FF95; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.80<br />(71) </td> <td style="background: #82FF82; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">38.72<br />(983) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #00003E; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(30) </td> <td style="background: #000034; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">10.9<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #00007A; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">10.1<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(2.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7<br />(1.8) </td> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br />(8.1) </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">7.7<br />(20) </td> <td style="background: #6D6DFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">45.1<br />(115) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #6363FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.6 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">11.4 </td> <td style="background: #6D6DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8 </td> <td style="background: #6363FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.2 </td> <td style="background: #5F5FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.9 </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.9 </td> <td style="background: #7676FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1 </td> <td style="background: #7676FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #7B7BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #6969FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.1 </td> <td style="background: #6D6DFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">139.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7 </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #C3C3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7 </td> <td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3 </td> <td style="background: #DEDEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">31.2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000F1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000FB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67.5 </td> <td style="background: #0C0CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">63.3 </td> <td style="background: #1717FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">60.4 </td> <td style="background: #0707FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">64.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000F0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000E3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000DE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000EC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000EB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000E8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000F4; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">69.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.2<br />(−8.8) </td> <td style="background: #BABAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(−8.2) </td> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(−4.2) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(0.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.3<br />(7.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.9<br />(13.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.4<br />(15.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.9<br />(15.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.4<br />(11.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.4<br />(5.2) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br />(0.1) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.3<br />(−5.4) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">38.5<br />(3.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #BBBB43; color:#000000;" class="notheme">130.3 </td> <td style="background: #C7C700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">143.7 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">185.7 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">210.5 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">246.9 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">269.7 </td> <td style="background: #EBEB03; color:#000000;" class="notheme">285.7 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">257.2 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">200.2 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">173.3 </td> <td style="background: #B0B081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">104.3 </td> <td style="background: #ABABA2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.9 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,303.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Percent <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">possible sunshine</a> </th> <td style="background: #F4F41A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44 </td> <td style="background: #FBFB2A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF47; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF5B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF63; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF5B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF43; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF3B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">52 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a> (relative humidity and dew point 1964–1990, sun 1961–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-NWS_Binghamton,_NY_(BGM)_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NWS_Binghamton,_NY_(BGM)-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCDC_txt_KAVP_29-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCDC_txt_KAVP-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WMO_KAVP_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMO_KAVP-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks_and_recreation">Parks and recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Parks and recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wilkes-Barre_Commons.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Wilkes-Barre_Commons.jpg/220px-Wilkes-Barre_Commons.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Wilkes-Barre_Commons.jpg/330px-Wilkes-Barre_Commons.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Wilkes-Barre_Commons.jpg/440px-Wilkes-Barre_Commons.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The River Common along the <a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_River" title="Susquehanna River">Susquehanna River</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Wilkes-Barre has a Downtown Riverfront Park system that contains 91 acres of open space.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kirby Park is a public park located along the western bank of the Susquehanna River. Kirby Park is one of the region's most valued recreational resources. Given to the city of Wilkes-Barre by the Kirby Family, the park welcomes hundreds of thousands each year. The park is the setting for the city's annual Cherry Blossom Festival (held during the last weekend of April) and the city's July 4 Celebration. Its amenities include tennis courts, a fitness trail, pond, walking paths, running track, softball fields, parking area, volleyball courts, pavilions, and more.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nesbitt Park is also located on the west side of the Susquehanna River. It is located across from Kirby Park. Nesbitt is open to the public. It has walking paths and areas for picnicking. </p><p>The River Common is located along the eastern bank of the Susquehanna River. The Market Street Bridge bisects the park. The River Common joins with the Luzerne County Courthouse grounds. Its features include a 750-person amphitheater, paved walk-ways, gardens, ornamental trees, seating areas, a fishing pier, and two grand gateways connecting the city to the river. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census">1800</a></th><td>835</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>1,225</td><td></td><td>46.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>755</td><td></td><td>−38.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>1,718</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>2,723</td><td></td><td>58.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>4,253</td><td></td><td>56.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>10,174</td><td></td><td>139.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>23,339</td><td></td><td>129.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>37,718</td><td></td><td>61.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>51,721</td><td></td><td>37.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>67,105</td><td></td><td>29.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>73,833</td><td></td><td>10.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>86,626</td><td></td><td>17.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>86,236</td><td></td><td>−0.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>76,826</td><td></td><td>−10.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>63,068</td><td></td><td>−17.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>58,856</td><td></td><td>−6.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>51,551</td><td></td><td>−12.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>47,523</td><td></td><td>−7.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>43,123</td><td></td><td>−9.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>41,498</td><td></td><td>−3.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>44,328</td><td></td><td>6.8%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St._Stephen%27s_Pro-Cathedral_-_Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/St._Stephen%27s_Pro-Cathedral_-_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pennsylvania_01.jpg/220px-St._Stephen%27s_Pro-Cathedral_-_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pennsylvania_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="306" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/St._Stephen%27s_Pro-Cathedral_-_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pennsylvania_01.jpg/330px-St._Stephen%27s_Pro-Cathedral_-_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pennsylvania_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/St._Stephen%27s_Pro-Cathedral_-_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pennsylvania_01.jpg/440px-St._Stephen%27s_Pro-Cathedral_-_Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pennsylvania_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2812" data-file-height="3915" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_Episcopal_Pro-Cathedral_(Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania)" title="St. Stephen's Episcopal Pro-Cathedral (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)">St. Stephen's Church</a> in Wilkes-Barre</figcaption></figure> <p>The city's population was in constant decline from the 1930s through 2010, but losses stopped that decade, and it saw growth as of 2020. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, there were 44,328 people and 15,581 households residing in the city. The population density was 5,945 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 69.80% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. census)">White</a>, 14.90% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. census)">African American</a>, 0.40% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. census)">Native American</a>, 2.4% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. census)">Asian</a>, 0.20% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. census)">Pacific Islander</a>, and 4.60% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. census)">Latino</a> of any race were 21.0% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 census</a>, the city was 79.2% White, 10.9% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 1.4% Asian, and 2.9% were two or more races. Of the population, 11.3% were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hispanic population was just 1.58% of the population as of the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 census</a>. </p><p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 census</a>, there were 43,123 people, 17,961 households, and 9,878 families residing in the city. The population density was 6,296.3 inhabitants per square mile (2,431.0/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 20,294 housing units at an average density of 2,963.1 per square mile (1,144.1/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 92.30% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. census)">White</a>, 5.09% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. census)">African American</a>, 0.11% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. census)">Native American</a>, 0.79% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. census)">Asian</a>, 0.03% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.53% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States census)">other races</a>, and 1.15% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. census)">Latino</a> of any race were 1.58% of the population. </p><p>The average household size was 2.42. With population spread of 22.9% under the age of 18, 61.3% between the ages of 19–64, and 15.8% over the age of 65. Females made up 50.6% of the population. </p><p>The median household income was $37,902, while 26.6% of the city were found below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_threshold" title="Poverty threshold">poverty line</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> was $20,197. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dialect">Dialect</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Dialect"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The local <a href="/wiki/Accent_(dialect)" class="mw-redirect" title="Accent (dialect)">accent</a> of <a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American English</a> is <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Pennsylvania_English" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Pennsylvania English">Northeast Pennsylvania English</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>More than half (59.3%) of the city's population is religious: 43.8% <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a>, 4.4% <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodist</a>, 3.1% <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheran</a>, 2.0% <a href="/wiki/Presbyterianism" title="Presbyterianism">Presbyterian</a>, 1.1% <a href="/wiki/Pentecostalism" title="Pentecostalism">Pentecostal</a>, 0.8% <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a>, 0.6% <a href="/wiki/Episcopalian" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopalian">Episcopalian</a>, 0.5% <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a>, 0.5% <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, and 0.3% <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of March 2019, <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">income per capita</a> in Wilkes-Barre was $18,375, compared to the national average of $31,177. <a href="/wiki/Median_income" title="Median income">Household income</a> was $32,484, compared to the national average of $57,652. Family median income was $42,782, compared to the national average of $70,850. The city's <a href="/wiki/Unemployment_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Unemployment rate">unemployment rate</a> in March 2019 was 6.4%. Recent job growth was 0.8%.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 49% of jobs were in sales, office, administrative support, production, transportation, and material moving sectors. In 2016, 30.1% of residents lived below the poverty line, more than double the Pennsylvania average of 12.9%.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Large employers in the city include <a href="/wiki/GUARD_Insurance_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="GUARD Insurance Group">GUARD Insurance Group</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lord_%26_Taylor" title="Lord & Taylor">Lord & Taylor</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="City_government">City government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: City government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="List of mayors of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania">List of mayors of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wilkes-Barre_City_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Wilkes-Barre_City_Hall.jpg/220px-Wilkes-Barre_City_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Wilkes-Barre_City_Hall.jpg/330px-Wilkes-Barre_City_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Wilkes-Barre_City_Hall.jpg/440px-Wilkes-Barre_City_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Wilkes-Barre City Hall</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Executive">Executive</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Executive"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city is headed by an elected <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a>, who serves four-year terms. The current mayor is George Brown (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a>). He has been in office since 2019. Before becoming mayor he was a business man and a former city councilman. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Legislative">Legislative</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Legislative"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The legislative branch consists of a five-member <a href="/wiki/City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="City Council">City Council</a>. They are elected by a <a href="/wiki/Single-member_district" title="Single-member district">single-member district</a> to four-year terms. 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It is headed by the City Controller, elected to a four-year term. Tony C. Thomas, the current City Controller, is a Democrat and has been in office since 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Judicial">Judicial</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Judicial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city of Wilkes-Barre is served by two City Attorneys (Timothy Henry and Maureen Collins). They advise both the mayor and city council. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County_government">County government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: County government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County_Council" title="Luzerne County Council">Luzerne County Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County_Manager" title="Luzerne County Manager">Luzerne County Manager</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Luzerne_County_Courthouse_flickr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Luzerne_County_Courthouse_flickr.jpg/220px-Luzerne_County_Courthouse_flickr.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Luzerne_County_Courthouse_flickr.jpg/330px-Luzerne_County_Courthouse_flickr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Luzerne_County_Courthouse_flickr.jpg/440px-Luzerne_County_Courthouse_flickr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4113" data-file-height="2732" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County_Courthouse" title="Luzerne County Courthouse">Luzerne County Courthouse</a> houses the <a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Luzerne County</a> government.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Luzerne County</a> <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">government</a> operates out of Wilkes-Barre. The city is the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">administrative center</a> of Luzerne County. The county government is responsible for imposing taxes, providing services to the public, and administering laws and regulations. They govern over a population of nearly 320,000 people. Many government offices are situated within the <a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County_Courthouse" title="Luzerne County Courthouse">county courthouse</a> (located at 200 North River Street in Downtown Wilkes-Barre). The Luzerne County <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_courts_of_common_pleas" title="Pennsylvania courts of common pleas">Court of Common Pleas</a> also operates out of the same building. </p><p>On November 2, 2010, the voters of Luzerne County held a <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a> on the question of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Pennsylvania_municipalities_and_counties_with_home_rule_charters,_optional_charters,_or_optional_plans" title="List of Pennsylvania municipalities and counties with home rule charters, optional charters, or optional plans">home rule</a>. A total of 51,413 (55.25%) voted in favor of home rule, while another 41,639 (44.75%) voted against the move. This vote was the direct result of the corruption, wasteful spending, higher property taxes, and out-of-control debt facing the county.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The home rule charter took effect on January 2, 2012; the Luzerne County <a href="/wiki/County_commission" title="County commission">Board of Commissioners</a> was abolished and replaced with the new form of government (<a href="/wiki/Council%E2%80%93manager_government" title="Council–manager government">council–manager government</a>). This government consists of a <a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County_Council" title="Luzerne County Council">county council</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Chairperson" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairperson">council chair</a>, who is appointed by his or her fellow council members, is both the highest-ranking officer on the assembly and the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">head of county government</a> for ceremonial purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The council also appoints and works alongside a full-time <a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County_Manager" title="Luzerne County Manager">manager</a> (who supervises the county's day-to-day operations). </p><p>The county government is also made up of many other officials (e.g., the county controller, <a href="/wiki/District_attorney" title="District attorney">district attorney</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sheriff" title="Sheriff">sheriff</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_and_federal_representation">State and federal representation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: State and federal representation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_General_Assembly" title="Pennsylvania General Assembly">Pennsylvania General Assembly</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="State">State</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Day_Pashinski" title="Eddie Day Pashinski">Eddie Day Pashinski</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>) represents Wilkes-Barre in the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives,_District_121" title="Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 121">Pennsylvania House of Representatives</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Flynn" title="Marty Flynn">Marty Flynn</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>) represents the city in the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Senate,_District_22" title="Pennsylvania Senate, District 22">Pennsylvania State Senate</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Federal">Federal</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Federal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Bresnahan" title="Rob Bresnahan">Rob Bresnahan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>) represents Wilkes-Barre on the federal level (in the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district">U.S. House of Representatives</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_McCormick" title="Dave McCormick">Dave McCormick</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>) and <a href="/wiki/John_Fetterman" title="John Fetterman">John Fetterman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>) represent the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Campus_aerial_new_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Campus_aerial_new_2014.jpg/220px-Campus_aerial_new_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Campus_aerial_new_2014.jpg/330px-Campus_aerial_new_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Campus_aerial_new_2014.jpg/440px-Campus_aerial_new_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1350" /></a><figcaption>The Administration Building at <a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_(Pennsylvania)" title="King's College (Pennsylvania)">King's College</a> in February 2013</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Osterhout_Free_Library_Wilkes_Barre_PA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Osterhout_Free_Library_Wilkes_Barre_PA.jpg/220px-Osterhout_Free_Library_Wilkes_Barre_PA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Osterhout_Free_Library_Wilkes_Barre_PA.jpg/330px-Osterhout_Free_Library_Wilkes_Barre_PA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Osterhout_Free_Library_Wilkes_Barre_PA.jpg/440px-Osterhout_Free_Library_Wilkes_Barre_PA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3942" data-file-height="2628" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Osterhout_Free_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Osterhout Free Library">Osterhout Free Library</a> in Wilkes-Barre in August 2012</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="High_schools">High schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: High schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_Area_School_District" title="Wilkes-Barre Area School District">Wilkes-Barre Area School District</a></div> <p>Wilkes-Barre City is part of the <a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_Area_School_District" title="Wilkes-Barre Area School District">Wilkes-Barre Area School District</a>. The district operates one high school, <a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_Area_High_School" title="Wilkes-Barre Area High School">Wilkes-Barre Area High School</a>. It opened in 2020 and replaced <a href="/wiki/James_M._Coughlin_High_School" title="James M. Coughlin High School">James M. Coughlin High School</a>, <a href="/wiki/G._A._R._Memorial_Junior_Senior_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="G. A. R. Memorial Junior Senior High School">G. A. R. Memorial Junior Senior High School</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Elmer_L._Meyers_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Elmer L. Meyers High School">Elmer L. Meyers High School</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Holy_Redeemer_High_School" title="Holy Redeemer High School">Holy Redeemer High School</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> school in Wilkes-Baree managed by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Scranton" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton">Diocese of Scranton</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colleges">Colleges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Colleges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area in and around Wilkes-Barre is home to several colleges and universities: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geisinger_Commonwealth_School_of_Medicine" title="Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine">Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine</a>, Wilkes Barre Campus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_(Pennsylvania)" title="King's College (Pennsylvania)">King's College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County_Community_College" title="Luzerne County Community College">Luzerne County Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misericordia_University" title="Misericordia University">Misericordia University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Wilkes-Barre" title="Penn State Wilkes-Barre">Penn State Wilkes-Barre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkes_University" title="Wilkes University">Wilkes University</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Libraries">Libraries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Libraries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Along with the libraries associated with the colleges, Wilkes-Barre has several libraries. These include three branches of the <a href="/wiki/Osterhout_Free_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Osterhout Free Library">Osterhout Free Library</a>, with the headquarters for the <a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County_Library_System" title="Luzerne County Library System">Luzerne County Library System</a> in the main branch.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airports">Airports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Airports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre/Scranton_International_Airport" title="Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport">Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KAVP_Terminals.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/KAVP_Terminals.jpg/220px-KAVP_Terminals.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/KAVP_Terminals.jpg/330px-KAVP_Terminals.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/KAVP_Terminals.jpg/440px-KAVP_Terminals.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1072" data-file-height="804" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre/Scranton_International_Airport" title="Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport">Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport</a> in April 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>Two international airlines fly from the <a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre/Scranton_International_Airport" title="Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport">Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport</a> in nearby <a href="/wiki/Pittston_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Pittston Township, Pennsylvania">Pittston Township</a>. Smaller, private planes may also use the <a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_Wyoming_Valley_Airport" title="Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport">Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Forty_Fort,_Pennsylvania" title="Forty Fort, Pennsylvania">Forty Fort</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highways">Highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Interstate_81_in_Pennsylvania" title="Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania">Interstate 81</a> passes north–south near Wilkes-Barre, and the city is also located near the <a href="/wiki/Interstate_476" title="Interstate 476">Northeast Extension</a> of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It is also about 10 miles (16 km) north of <a href="/wiki/Interstate_80_in_Pennsylvania" title="Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania">Interstate 80</a>. The <a href="/wiki/North_Cross_Valley_Expressway" class="mw-redirect" title="North Cross Valley Expressway">North Cross Valley Expressway</a>, starting at the junction of Interstate 81 and <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Route_115" title="Pennsylvania Route 115">Pennsylvania Route 115</a>, carries <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Route_309" title="Pennsylvania Route 309">Pennsylvania Route 309</a> through northern Wilkes-Barre, connecting the city to <a href="/wiki/Dallas,_Pennsylvania" title="Dallas, Pennsylvania">Dallas</a> in the north. Route 115 provides access from the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Turnpike" title="Pennsylvania Turnpike">Pennsylvania Turnpike</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Interstate_476" title="Interstate 476">Northeast Extension</a>, but it does not enter Wilkes-Barre city limits. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buses">Buses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Buses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Public_transportation" class="mw-redirect" title="Public transportation">Public transportation</a> is provided by the <a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County_Transportation_Authority" title="Luzerne County Transportation Authority">Luzerne County Transportation Authority</a>. In addition to servicing the city, it provides transportation for the northern half of the county. It also has a connecting bus to <a href="/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania" title="Scranton, Pennsylvania">Scranton</a> via an interchange at <a href="/wiki/Pittston,_Pennsylvania" title="Pittston, Pennsylvania">Pittston</a> with the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Lackawanna_Transit_System" title="County of Lackawanna Transit System">Transit System of Lackawanna County</a> (COLTS), the public transit authority of <a href="/wiki/Lackawanna_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania">Lackawanna County</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Martz_Trailways" class="mw-redirect" title="Martz Trailways">Martz Trailways</a> provides intercity bus service from the Martz Trailways Bus Terminal in downtown Wilkes-Barre to Scranton, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey" title="Atlantic City, New Jersey">Atlantic City</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wind_Creek_Bethlehem" title="Wind Creek Bethlehem">Wind Creek Bethlehem</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-martzschedule_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-martzschedule-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several <a href="/wiki/Share_taxi#United_States" title="Share taxi">jitney</a> companies operate from Wilkes-Barre through Stroudsburg to <a href="/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey" title="Paterson, New Jersey">Paterson</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> via I-80. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city was at one time served by the <a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Railroad" title="Lehigh Valley Railroad">Lehigh Valley Railroad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey" title="Central Railroad of New Jersey">Central Railroad of New Jersey</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Delaware,_Lackawanna_and_Western_Railroad" title="Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad">Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad</a> (later <a href="/wiki/Erie_Lackawanna_Railway" title="Erie Lackawanna Railway">Erie Lackawanna Railway</a>), <a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Hudson_Railway" title="Delaware and Hudson Railway">Delaware and Hudson Railway</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">Pennsylvania Railroad</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_and_Eastern_Railroad" title="Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad">Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Lackawanna_and_Wyoming_Valley_Railroad" title="Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad">Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad</a> (known as the Laurel Line). CNJ trains included the <i><a href="/wiki/Interstate_Express" title="Interstate Express">Interstate Express</a></i> (ending in 1957) and local service to Allentown and Philadelphia. The last Lehigh Valley trains were the <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Diamond_(train)" title="Black Diamond (train)">Black Diamond</a></i> (ending in 1959), <i>John Wilkes</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Maple_Leaf_(LV_train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maple Leaf (LV train)">Maple Leaf</a></i> (the last two, ending in 1961). </p><p>The Wilkes-Barre Traction Company formed a <a href="/wiki/Streetcar" class="mw-redirect" title="Streetcar">streetcar</a> line from <a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Georgetown, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Georgetown</a> to <a href="/wiki/Nanticoke,_Pennsylvania" title="Nanticoke, Pennsylvania">Nanticoke</a> and over the river into <a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_Pennsylvania" title="Plymouth, Pennsylvania">Plymouth</a> (it ceased operations in the mid-1940s). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">Norfolk Southern Railway</a>, which acquired the former Delaware and Hudson line from successor <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway" title="Canadian Pacific Railway">Canadian Pacific Railway</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Luzerne_and_Susquehanna_Railway" title="Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway">Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway</a>, provide freight service within the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WBArena.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/WBArena.jpg/220px-WBArena.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/WBArena.jpg/330px-WBArena.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/WBArena.jpg/440px-WBArena.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre/Scranton_Penguins" title="Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins">Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins</a>, an <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">American Hockey League</a> development team affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a>, play at <a href="/wiki/Mohegan_Sun_Arena_at_Casey_Plaza" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza">Mohegan Sun Arena</a> in neighboring <a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilkes-Barre Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Wilkes-Barre Township</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohegan_Poconos_hotelLuzCo_PA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Mohegan_Poconos_hotelLuzCo_PA.jpg/220px-Mohegan_Poconos_hotelLuzCo_PA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Mohegan_Poconos_hotelLuzCo_PA.jpg/330px-Mohegan_Poconos_hotelLuzCo_PA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Mohegan_Poconos_hotelLuzCo_PA.jpg/440px-Mohegan_Poconos_hotelLuzCo_PA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4294" data-file-height="2576" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mohegan_Pennsylvania" title="Mohegan Pennsylvania">Mohegan Pennsylvania</a> casino and hotel</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_attractions">Local attractions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Local attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, located on the campus of <a href="/wiki/Wilkes_University" title="Wilkes University">Wilkes University</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F.M._Kirby_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="F.M. Kirby Center">F. M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts</a><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Frederick Stegmaier Mansion<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Theatre_of_Wilkes-Barre" title="Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre">Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre</a><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Luzerne County Convention and Visitors Bureau</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County_Historical_Society" title="Luzerne County Historical Society">Luzerne County Museum</a><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohegan_Sun_Arena_at_Casey_Plaza" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza">Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohegan_Pennsylvania" title="Mohegan Pennsylvania">Mohegan Pennsylvania</a>, Pennsylvania's first slots casino</li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Street_Historic_District_(Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania)" title="River Street Historic District (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)">River Street Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stegmaier_Brewery" class="mw-redirect" title="Stegmaier Brewery">Stegmaier Brewery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_station" title="Wilkes-Barre station">Wilkes-Barre station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Monument" title="Wyoming Monument">Wyoming Monument</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Times_Leader" title="Times Leader">Times Leader</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Citizens%27_Voice" title="The Citizens' Voice">The Citizens' Voice</a></i> are the two largest daily newspapers in Wilkes-Barre. The <a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Valley" title="Wyoming Valley">Wyoming Valley</a>'s <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> affiliate, <a href="/wiki/WBRE-TV" title="WBRE-TV">WBRE-TV</a> 28, is the only television station licensed to Wilkes-Barre, but <a href="/wiki/WNEP-TV" title="WNEP-TV">WNEP-TV</a> 16 (<a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>), <a href="/wiki/WYOU" title="WYOU">WYOU</a> 22 (<a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>), <a href="/wiki/WVIA-TV" title="WVIA-TV">WVIA-TV</a> 44 (<a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>), and <a href="/wiki/WSWB" title="WSWB">WSWB</a> 38 (<a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">CW</a>), all in Scranton, <a href="/wiki/WOLF-TV" title="WOLF-TV">WOLF-TV</a> 56 (<a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>) in Hazleton, and <a href="/wiki/WQMY" title="WQMY">WQMY</a> 53 (<a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a>) in Williamsport also serve the city. Wilkes-Barre's radio market is ranked No. 69 by <a href="/wiki/Arbitron" class="mw-redirect" title="Arbitron">Arbitron</a>'s ranking system. There are news, adult alternative, and music radio stations which are receivable in the area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Popular_culture">Popular culture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Wilkes-Barre's economic plight is featured in the movie <i><a href="/wiki/Capitalism:_A_Love_Story" title="Capitalism: A Love Story">Capitalism: A Love Story</a></i>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore" title="Michael Moore">Michael Moore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Wilkes-Barre variation (or Traxler variation, as it is more commonly known) of the <a href="/wiki/Two_Knights_Defense" title="Two Knights Defense">Two Knights' Defense</a> is named for the Wilkes-Barre <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a> club.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Supernatural_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Supernatural (U.S. TV series)">Supernatural</a></i> episode 8.13 "Everyone Hates Hitler," the lead protagonists investigate a case in Wilkes-Barre.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the TV series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Office_(American_TV_series)" title="The Office (American TV series)">The Office</a></i>, In the episode "Michael's Birthday", Dwight gives Michael a jersey from the <a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre/Scranton_Penguins" title="Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins">Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins</a>, a local professional hockey team that plays in Wilkes-Barre. Throughout the series, there is a <a href="/wiki/Scranton/Wilkes_Barre_Yankees" class="mw-redirect" title="Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees">Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees</a> magnet on the kitchen fridge.</li> <li>In the TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i>, Episode 8/31/2021, Phillip tells Belle that Brady and Chloe are in Wilkes-Barre. At the end of the episode, Phillip tells them to "fuel up the jet for Wilkes-Barre PA."</li> <li>The Wilkes-Barre police department appears on the TV docuseries <i><a href="/wiki/On_Patrol:_Live" title="On Patrol: Live">On Patrol: Live</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Club </th> <th scope="col">League </th> <th scope="col">Venue </th> <th scope="col">Established </th> <th scope="col">Parent Club </th> <th scope="col">League<br />Championships </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Scranton/Wilkes-Barre_RailRiders" title="Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders">Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">IL</a>, Baseball </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PNC_Field" title="PNC Field">PNC Field</a> </td> <td>1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre/Scranton_Penguins" title="Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins">Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">AHL</a>, Ice hockey </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohegan_Sun_Arena_at_Casey_Plaza" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza">Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza</a> </td> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a> </td> <td>0<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre/Scranton_Mavericks" title="Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Mavericks">Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Mavericks</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_One_(2025)" title="Arena Football One (2025)">AF1</a>, Arena football </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohegan_Sun_Arena_at_Casey_Plaza" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza">Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza</a> </td> <td>2024 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Alexander_(politician)" title="Jane Alexander (politician)">Jane Alexander</a>, lawyer and Pennsylvania state representative</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Wilkes-Barre_shootings" title="1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings">George Emil Banks</a>, spree killer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazel_Barnes" title="Hazel Barnes">Hazel Barnes</a>, philosopher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Carter_Beane" title="Douglas Carter Beane">Douglas Carter Beane</a>, playwright<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Bedner" title="Al Bedner">Al Bedner</a>, NFL player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Black" title="Ray Black">Ray Black</a>, Pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Bohm" title="David Bohm">David Bohm</a>, quantum physicist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Burnley" title="Benjamin Burnley">Benjamin Burnley</a>, lead singer and guitarist for rock band <a href="/wiki/Breaking_Benjamin" title="Breaking Benjamin">Breaking Benjamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lillian_Cahn" title="Lillian Cahn">Lillian Cahn</a>, co-founder of <a href="/wiki/Coach,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Coach, Inc.">Coach, Inc.</a> and Coach handbag designer<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Catlin" title="George Catlin">George Catlin</a>, artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britton_Chance" title="Britton Chance">Britton Chance</a>, bio-physicist and Olympic sailor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Chandler" title="Catherine Chandler">Catherine Chandler</a>, poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Ciavarella" title="Mark Ciavarella">Mark Ciavarella</a>, disgraced judge in <a href="/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal" title="Kids for cash scandal">kids for cash scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Cohen_(photographer)" title="Mark Cohen (photographer)">Mark Cohen</a>, street photographer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Cole_(baseball)" title="Ed Cole (baseball)">Ed Cole</a>, Major League Baseball pitcher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colleen_Corby" title="Colleen Corby">Colleen Corby</a>, 1960s fashion model<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Costello_(racing_driver)" title="Michael Costello (racing driver)">Michael Costello</a>, racing driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Helen_Peck_Crane" title="Mary Helen Peck Crane">Mary Helen Peck Crane</a> (1827–1891), activist, writer; mother of <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Crane" title="Stephen Crane">Stephen Crane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amasa_Dana" title="Amasa Dana">Amasa Dana</a>, former U.S. Congressman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_B._Dougherty" title="Charles B. Dougherty">Charles B. Dougherty</a>, Army National Guard <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">major general</a> who commanded the <a href="/wiki/28th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="28th Infantry Division (United States)">28th Infantry Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Duda" title="Mark Duda">Mark Duda</a>, NFL player, <a href="/wiki/Lackawanna_College" title="Lackawanna College">Lackawanna College</a> football head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Dunn_(American_football)" title="Francis Dunn (American football)">Francis A. "Mother" Dunn</a>, football player for the <a href="/wiki/Canton_Bulldogs" title="Canton Bulldogs">Canton Bulldogs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Evans_Jr." title="Benjamin F. Evans Jr.">Benjamin F. Evans Jr.</a> (1912–1991), <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">major general</a>, U.S. military's chief of joint U.S. military aid mission in <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Elko" title="Pete Elko">Pete Elko</a>, Major League Baseball third baseman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_M._Evans" class="mw-redirect" title="David M. Evans">Dave Evans</a>, Hollywood filmmaker most known for the motion picture <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sandlot" title="The Sandlot">The Sandlot</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Fell" title="Jesse Fell">Jesse Fell</a>, early experimenter with anthracite coal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Finn_(game_show_host)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pat Finn (game show host)">Pat Finn</a>, game show host whose shows include <a href="/wiki/Lifetime_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lifetime (TV network)">Lifetime</a>'s, <a href="/wiki/The_CBN_Family_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="The CBN Family Channel">The Family Channel</a>'s, and <a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">PAX</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Shop_%27til_You_Drop" title="Shop 'til You Drop">Shop 'til You Drop</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ham_Fisher" title="Ham Fisher">Ham Fisher</a>, cartoonist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Davis" title="Red Davis">Red Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">Third baseman</a> for The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants (baseball)</a> 1941</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tess_Gardella" title="Tess Gardella">Tess Gardella</a>, actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Goeckel" title="Billy Goeckel">Billy Goeckel</a>, baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Good" title="Bob Good">Bob Good</a>, U.S. congressman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Gryboski" title="Kevin Gryboski">Kevin Gryboski</a>, Retired Major League Baseball pitcher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Harmatz" title="William Harmatz">William Harmatz</a>, jockey, winner of 1959 <a href="/wiki/Preakness_Stakes" title="Preakness Stakes">Preakness Stakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laning_Harvey" title="Laning Harvey">Laning Harvey</a>, Pennsylvania state senator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Haslin" title="Mickey Haslin">Mickey Haslin</a>, Major League Baseball infielder</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Helme" title="George Washington Helme">George Washington Helme</a>, businessman and founder of <a href="/wiki/Helmetta,_New_Jersey" title="Helmetta, New Jersey">Helmetta, New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Hergert" title="Joe Hergert">Joe Hergert</a>, former professional football player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Hines" title="William Henry Hines">William Henry Hines</a>, U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district from 1893 to 1895</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raye_Hollitt" title="Raye Hollitt">Raye Hollitt</a>, bodybuilder and actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qadry_Ismail" title="Qadry Ismail">Qadry Ismail</a>, former <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a> wide receiver on the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghib_Ismail" class="mw-redirect" title="Raghib Ismail">Raghib Ismail</a>, former <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a> player and <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> runner-up</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins" title="Florence Foster Jenkins">Florence Foster Jenkins</a>, unconventional operatic soprano, subject of <a href="/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins_(film)" title="Florence Foster Jenkins (film)">film</a> starring <a href="/wiki/Meryl_Streep" title="Meryl Streep">Meryl Streep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candy_Jones" title="Candy Jones">Candy Jones</a>, fashion model, writer, radio personality<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Andrews_Elston_Kabis" title="Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis">Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_the_United_States" title="Treasurer of the United States">Treasurer of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Karen" title="James Karen">James Karen</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Holland_Kinkaid" title="Mary Holland Kinkaid">Mary Holland Kinkaid</a>, journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Kirwan" title="Michael J. Kirwan">Michael J. Kirwan</a>, represented Youngstown, Ohio in Congress, 1938–1970</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Klawitter" title="Al Klawitter">Al Klawitter</a>, Major League Baseball pitcher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franz_Kline" title="Franz Kline">Franz Kline</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abstract_expressionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Abstract expressionist">abstract expressionist</a> painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Konnick" title="Mike Konnick">Mike Konnick</a>, former <a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">MLB</a> player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Jo_Kopechne" title="Mary Jo Kopechne">Mary Jo Kopechne</a>, passenger killed in car driven by <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy">Ted Kennedy</a> at <a href="/wiki/Chappaquiddick_Island" title="Chappaquiddick Island">Chappaquiddick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Jane_Kozak" title="Harley Jane Kozak">Harley Jane Kozak</a>, actress and author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Lesko" title="Matthew Lesko">Matthew Lesko</a>, infomercial personality</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_B._Lewis" title="Edward B. Lewis">Edward B. Lewis</a>, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santo_Loquasto" title="Santo Loquasto">Santo Loquasto</a>, production designer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrick_Mallery" title="Garrick Mallery">Garrick Mallery</a>, ethnologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herman_Mankiewicz" class="mw-redirect" title="Herman Mankiewicz">Herman Mankiewicz</a>, screenwriter of <i><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Kane" title="Citizen Kane">Citizen Kane</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz" title="Joseph L. Mankiewicz">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a>, Academy Award-winning director and producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Markim" title="Al Markim">Al Markim</a>, actor (<a href="/wiki/Tom_Corbett,_Space_Cadet#Television" title="Tom Corbett, Space Cadet"><i>Tom Corbett, Space Cadet</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-thr_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thr-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_McDonnell" title="Mary McDonnell">Mary McDonnell</a>, actress twice nominated for Academy Award</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Peter_McManaman" title="Edward Peter McManaman">Edward Peter McManaman</a>, Roman Catholic bishop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Meneeley" title="Edward Meneeley">Edward Meneeley</a>, painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asher_Miner" title="Asher Miner">Asher Miner</a>, U.S. Army brigadier general and prominent businessman<sup id="cite_ref-Leonard2_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leonard2-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Mudrian" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Mudrian">Albert Mudrian</a>, author and magazine editor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_C._Mundy" title="Leo C. Mundy">Leo C. Mundy</a>, Pennsylvania state senator and physician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jozef_Murgas" class="mw-redirect" title="Jozef Murgas">Jozef Murgas</a>, radio pioneer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Murray_(baseball)" title="Joe Murray (baseball)">Joe Murray</a>, left-handed pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_A%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia A's">Philadelphia A's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudette_Nevins" title="Claudette Nevins">Claudette Nevins</a>, actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amedeo_Obici" title="Amedeo Obici">Amedeo Obici</a>, founder of Planters Peanuts</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kid_O%27Hara" title="Kid O'Hara">Kid O'Hara</a>, baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_O%27Neill" title="Rose O'Neill">Rose O'Neill</a>, cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Orbach" title="Jerry Orbach">Jerry Orbach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Awards" title="Tony Awards">Tony Award</a>-winning actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Ostrowski" title="Phil Ostrowski">Phil Ostrowski</a>, NFL player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paluck" title="John Paluck">John Paluck</a>, football player for <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> selection</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Daniel_Phillips" title="William Daniel Phillips">William Daniel Phillips</a>, co-recipient of the 1997 <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize in Physics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendy_Rudolph" title="Mendy Rudolph">Mendy Rudolph</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a> <a href="/wiki/Official_(basketball)" title="Official (basketball)">referee</a> from 1953 to 1975</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Savitt" title="Sam Savitt">Sam Savitt</a>, equestrian artist, author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Schoeffling" title="Michael Schoeffling">Michael Schoeffling</a>, actor, played Jake Ryan in film <i><a href="/wiki/Sixteen_Candles" title="Sixteen Candles">Sixteen Candles</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Schwall" title="Don Schwall">Don Schwall</a>, MLB pitcher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Gerald_Schwartzbach" title="M. Gerald Schwartzbach">M. Gerald Schwartzbach</a>, California criminal defense attorney<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Skrepenak" title="Greg Skrepenak">Greg Skrepenak</a>, former <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a> player, convicted felon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Slavin" title="Jonathan Slavin">Jonathan Slavin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Character_actor" title="Character actor">character actor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Solt" title="Ron Solt">Ron Solt</a>, former <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a> player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Spisak" title="Jason Spisak">Jason Spisak</a>, voice actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Sullum" title="Jacob Sullum">Jacob Sullum</a>, journalist and author, featured in <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a>-nominated documentary <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Size_Me" title="Super Size Me">Super Size Me</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Sura" title="Bob Sura">Bob Sura</a>, basketball player, <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferrante_%26_Teicher" title="Ferrante & Teicher">Louis Teicher</a>, pianist; member of the duo Ferrante & Teicher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexis_Toth" title="Alexis Toth">Alexis Toth</a> (St. Alexis of Wilkes-Barre), saint in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Tyson_(baseball)" title="Ty Tyson (baseball)">Ty Tyson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Walsh_(baseball)" title="John Walsh (baseball)">John Walsh</a>, MLB third baseman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_L._Webster" title="Helen L. Webster">Helen L. Webster</a> (1853–1928), philologist and educator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Whalen_(actor)" title="Michael Whalen (actor)">Michael Whalen</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_W._Wood" title="Ira W. Wood">Ira W. Wood</a>, represented <span data-sort-value="New Jersey04 !"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 4th congressional district">New Jersey's 4th congressional district</a></span> from 1904 to 1913<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Woodeshick" title="Hal Woodeshick">Hal Woodeshick</a>, professional baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Woodeshick" title="Tom Woodeshick">Tom Woodeshick</a>, professional football player<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Zane" title="Frank Zane">Frank Zane</a>, bodybuilder, three-time Mr. Olympia, won Mr. America, Mr. Universe, Mr. World; donated gym at Wilkes University</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Giants_Despair_Hillclimb" title="Giants Despair Hillclimb">Giants Despair Hillclimb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wilkes-Barre" title="USS Wilkes-Barre">USS <i>Wilkes-Barre</i></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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title="Plymouth, Pennsylvania">Plymouth</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/34px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span><b style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:middle; margin:0.75em 1em">Wilkes-Barre</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/28px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-81.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/I-81.svg/20px-I-81.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/I-81.svg/30px-I-81.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/I-81.svg/40px-I-81.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Hazleton,_Pennsylvania" title="Hazleton, Pennsylvania">Hazleton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania">Harrisburg</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-476.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/I-476.svg/25px-I-476.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/I-476.svg/38px-I-476.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/I-476.svg/50px-I-476.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pinchot_State_Forest" title="Pinchot State Forest">Pinchot State Forest</a></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Pennsylvania">Bear Creek Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conyngham,_Pennsylvania" title="Conyngham, Pennsylvania">Conyngham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courtdale,_Pennsylvania" title="Courtdale, Pennsylvania">Courtdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas,_Pennsylvania" title="Dallas, Pennsylvania">Dallas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dupont,_Pennsylvania" title="Dupont, Pennsylvania">Dupont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duryea,_Pennsylvania" title="Duryea, Pennsylvania">Duryea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwardsville,_Pennsylvania" title="Edwardsville, Pennsylvania">Edwardsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter,_Pennsylvania" title="Exeter, Pennsylvania">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forty_Fort,_Pennsylvania" title="Forty Fort, Pennsylvania">Forty Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeland,_Pennsylvania" title="Freeland, Pennsylvania">Freeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harveys_Lake,_Pennsylvania" title="Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania">Harveys Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughestown,_Pennsylvania" title="Hughestown, Pennsylvania">Hughestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeddo,_Pennsylvania" title="Jeddo, Pennsylvania">Jeddo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Pennsylvania" title="Kingston, Pennsylvania">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laflin,_Pennsylvania" title="Laflin, Pennsylvania">Laflin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larksville,_Pennsylvania" title="Larksville, Pennsylvania">Larksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_Run,_Pennsylvania" title="Laurel Run, Pennsylvania">Laurel Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luzerne,_Pennsylvania" title="Luzerne, Pennsylvania">Luzerne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nescopeck,_Pennsylvania" title="Nescopeck, Pennsylvania">Nescopeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Columbus,_Pennsylvania" title="New Columbus, Pennsylvania">New Columbus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuangola,_Pennsylvania" title="Nuangola, Pennsylvania">Nuangola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_Lake_Park,_Pennsylvania" title="Penn Lake Park, Pennsylvania">Penn Lake Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_Pennsylvania" title="Plymouth, Pennsylvania">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pringle,_Pennsylvania" title="Pringle, Pennsylvania">Pringle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shickshinny,_Pennsylvania" title="Shickshinny, Pennsylvania">Shickshinny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Notch,_Pennsylvania" title="Sugar Notch, Pennsylvania">Sugar Notch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swoyersville,_Pennsylvania" title="Swoyersville, Pennsylvania">Swoyersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrior_Run,_Pennsylvania" title="Warrior Run, Pennsylvania">Warrior Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Hazleton,_Pennsylvania" title="West Hazleton, Pennsylvania">West Hazleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Pittston,_Pennsylvania" title="West Pittston, Pennsylvania">West Pittston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Wyoming,_Pennsylvania" title="West Wyoming, Pennsylvania">West Wyoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Haven,_Pennsylvania" title="White Haven, Pennsylvania">White Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming,_Pennsylvania" title="Wyoming, Pennsylvania">Wyoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yatesville,_Pennsylvania" title="Yatesville, Pennsylvania">Yatesville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Township_(Pennsylvania)" title="Township (Pennsylvania)">Townships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Creek_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Bear Creek Township, Pennsylvania">Bear Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Creek_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Creek Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Black Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buck_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Buck Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Buck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Butler Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conyngham_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Conyngham Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Conyngham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Dallas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennison_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Dennison Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Dennison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorrance_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorrance Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Dorrance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Exeter Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairmount_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairmount Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Fairmount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairview_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Fairview Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Fairview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foster_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Foster Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Franklin Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanover_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazle_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Hazle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollenback_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollenback Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Hollenback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunlock_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunlock Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Hunlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Huntington Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Huntington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Jackson Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenkins_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Jenkins Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingston Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lake Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehman_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lehman Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Lehman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nescopeck_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Nescopeck Township, Pennsylvania">Nescopeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Newport Township, Pennsylvania">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittston_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Pittston Township, Pennsylvania">Pittston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plains_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Plains Township, Pennsylvania">Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Plymouth Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rice_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Rice Township, Pennsylvania">Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Ross Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Salem Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slocum_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Slocum Township, Pennsylvania">Slocum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugarloaf_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Sugarloaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Union Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilkes-Barre Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Wilkes-Barre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wright_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Wright Township, Pennsylvania">Wright</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beech_Mountain_Lakes,_Pennsylvania" title="Beech Mountain Lakes, Pennsylvania">Beech Mountain Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Browntown,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Browntown, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Browntown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chase,_Pennsylvania" title="Chase, Pennsylvania">Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Berwick,_Pennsylvania" title="East Berwick, Pennsylvania">East Berwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Georgetown, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Georgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Lyon,_Pennsylvania" title="Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania">Glen Lyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harleigh,_Pennsylvania" title="Harleigh, Pennsylvania">Harleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickory_Hills,_Pennsylvania" title="Hickory Hills, Pennsylvania">Hickory Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilldale,_Pennsylvania" title="Hilldale, Pennsylvania">Hilldale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson,_Pennsylvania" title="Hudson, Pennsylvania">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inkerman,_Pennsylvania" title="Inkerman, Pennsylvania">Inkerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lattimer,_Pennsylvania" title="Lattimer, Pennsylvania">Lattimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misericordia_University" title="Misericordia University">Misericordia University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mocanaqua,_Pennsylvania" title="Mocanaqua, Pennsylvania">Mocanaqua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Top,_Pennsylvania" title="Mountain Top, Pennsylvania">Mountain Top</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuremberg,_Pennsylvania" title="Nuremberg, Pennsylvania">Nuremberg</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pardeesville,_Pennsylvania" title="Pardeesville, Pennsylvania">Pardeesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pikes_Creek,_Pennsylvania" title="Pikes Creek, Pennsylvania">Pikes Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plains,_Pennsylvania" title="Plains, Pennsylvania">Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shavertown,_Pennsylvania" title="Shavertown, Pennsylvania">Shavertown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheatown,_Pennsylvania" title="Sheatown, Pennsylvania">Sheatown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silkworth,_Pennsylvania" title="Silkworth, Pennsylvania">Silkworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trucksville,_Pennsylvania" title="Trucksville, Pennsylvania">Trucksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Exeter,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper Exeter, Pennsylvania">Upper Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanamie,_Pennsylvania" title="Wanamie, Pennsylvania">Wanamie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Nanticoke,_Pennsylvania" title="West Nanticoke, Pennsylvania">West Nanticoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston,_Pennsylvania" title="Weston, Pennsylvania">Weston</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Unincorporated<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alden,_Pennsylvania" title="Alden, Pennsylvania">Alden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Back_Mountain" title="Back Mountain">Back Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_Haven,_Pennsylvania" title="Beach Haven, Pennsylvania">Beach Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breslau,_Pennsylvania" title="Breslau, Pennsylvania">Breslau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambra,_Pennsylvania" title="Cambra, Pennsylvania">Cambra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranberry,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Cranberry, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Cranberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drifton,_Pennsylvania" title="Drifton, Pennsylvania">Drifton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drums,_Pennsylvania" title="Drums, Pennsylvania">Drums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebervale,_Pennsylvania" title="Ebervale, Pennsylvania">Ebervale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Summit_Springs,_Pennsylvania" title="Glen Summit Springs, Pennsylvania">Glen Summit Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harveyville,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Harveyville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Harveyville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humboldt,_Pennsylvania" title="Humboldt, Pennsylvania">Humboldt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunlock_Creek,_Pennsylvania" title="Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania">Hunlock Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington_Mills,_Pennsylvania" title="Huntington Mills, Pennsylvania">Huntington Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan,_Pennsylvania" title="Japan, Pennsylvania">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeanesville,_Pennsylvania" title="Jeanesville, Pennsylvania">Jeanesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koonsville,_Pennsylvania" title="Koonsville, Pennsylvania">Koonsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korn_Krest,_Pennsylvania" title="Korn Krest, Pennsylvania">Korn Krest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunkle,_Pennsylvania" title="Kunkle, Pennsylvania">Kunkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehman,_Pennsylvania" title="Lehman, Pennsylvania">Lehman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milnesville,_Pennsylvania" title="Milnesville, Pennsylvania">Milnesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moosehead,_Pennsylvania" title="Moosehead, Pennsylvania">Moosehead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mossville,_Pennsylvania" title="Mossville, Pennsylvania">Mossville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Grove,_Pennsylvania" title="Mountain Grove, Pennsylvania">Mountain Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Boston,_Pennsylvania" title="Old Boston, Pennsylvania">Old Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Griffith,_Pennsylvania" title="Port Griffith, Pennsylvania">Port Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Glen,_Pennsylvania" title="Rock Glen, Pennsylvania">Rock Glen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Johns,_Pennsylvania" title="Saint Johns, Pennsylvania">Saint Johns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Run,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Sandy Run, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Sandy Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suscon,_Pennsylvania" title="Suscon, Pennsylvania">Suscon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweet_Valley,_Pennsylvania" title="Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania">Sweet Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sybertsville,_Pennsylvania" title="Sybertsville, Pennsylvania">Sybertsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomhicken,_Pennsylvania" title="Tomhicken, Pennsylvania">Tomhicken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wapwallopen,_Pennsylvania" title="Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania">Wapwallopen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterton,_Pennsylvania" title="Waterton, Pennsylvania">Waterton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenith,_Pennsylvania" title="Zenith, Pennsylvania">Zenith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" 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href="/wiki/Lock_Haven,_Pennsylvania" title="Lock Haven, Pennsylvania">Lock Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadville,_Pennsylvania" title="Meadville, Pennsylvania">Meadville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Castle,_Pennsylvania" title="New Castle, Pennsylvania">New Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottsville,_Pennsylvania" title="Pottsville, Pennsylvania">Pottsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading,_Pennsylvania" title="Reading, Pennsylvania">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania" title="Scranton, Pennsylvania">Scranton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunbury,_Pennsylvania" title="Sunbury, Pennsylvania">Sunbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniontown,_Pennsylvania" title="Uniontown, Pennsylvania">Uniontown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren,_Pennsylvania" title="Warren, Pennsylvania">Warren</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle,_Pennsylvania" title="Carlisle, Pennsylvania">Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chambersburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Chambersburg, Pennsylvania">Chambersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarion,_Pennsylvania" title="Clarion, Pennsylvania">Clarion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearfield,_Pennsylvania" title="Clearfield, Pennsylvania">Clearfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coudersport,_Pennsylvania" title="Coudersport, Pennsylvania">Coudersport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Pennsylvania" title="Danville, Pennsylvania">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doylestown,_Pennsylvania" title="Doylestown, Pennsylvania">Doylestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebensburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Ebensburg, Pennsylvania">Ebensburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emporium,_Pennsylvania" title="Emporium, Pennsylvania">Emporium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gettysburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Gettysburg, Pennsylvania">Gettysburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollidaysburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania">Hollidaysburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honesdale,_Pennsylvania" title="Honesdale, Pennsylvania">Honesdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntingdon,_Pennsylvania" title="Huntingdon, Pennsylvania">Huntingdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana,_Pennsylvania" title="Indiana, Pennsylvania">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania" title="Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania">Jim Thorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kittanning,_Pennsylvania" title="Kittanning, Pennsylvania">Kittanning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laporte,_Pennsylvania" title="Laporte, Pennsylvania">Laporte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Lewisburg, Pennsylvania">Lewisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewistown,_Pennsylvania" title="Lewistown, Pennsylvania">Lewistown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McConnellsburg,_Pennsylvania" title="McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania">McConnellsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media,_Pennsylvania" title="Media, Pennsylvania">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer,_Pennsylvania" title="Mercer, Pennsylvania">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middleburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Middleburg, Pennsylvania">Middleburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mifflintown,_Pennsylvania" title="Mifflintown, Pennsylvania">Mifflintown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milford,_Pennsylvania" title="Milford, Pennsylvania">Milford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose,_Pennsylvania" title="Montrose, Pennsylvania">Montrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Bloomfield,_Pennsylvania" title="New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania">New Bloomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norristown,_Pennsylvania" title="Norristown, Pennsylvania">Norristown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridgway,_Pennsylvania" title="Ridgway, Pennsylvania">Ridgway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smethport,_Pennsylvania" title="Smethport, Pennsylvania">Smethport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset,_Pennsylvania" title="Somerset, Pennsylvania">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stroudsburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania">Stroudsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tionesta,_Pennsylvania" title="Tionesta, Pennsylvania">Tionesta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Towanda,_Pennsylvania" title="Towanda, Pennsylvania">Towanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunkhannock,_Pennsylvania" title="Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania">Tunkhannock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waynesburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Waynesburg, Pennsylvania">Waynesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellsboro,_Pennsylvania" title="Wellsboro, Pennsylvania">Wellsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="West Chester, Pennsylvania">West Chester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Town</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bloomsburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Bloomsburg, 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Pennsylvania" title="Outline of Pennsylvania">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Pennsylvania" title="United States congressional delegations from Pennsylvania">Delegations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Pennsylvania" title="Government of Pennsylvania">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Pennsylvania" title="History of Pennsylvania">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Pennsylvania" title="Geography of Pennsylvania">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Pennsylvania" title="Geology of Pennsylvania">Geology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Pennsylvania" title="Law of Pennsylvania">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of people from Pennsylvania">Notable Pennsylvanians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pennsylvania_state_parks" title="List of Pennsylvania state parks">State parks</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Pennsylvania#Demographics" title="Pennsylvania">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania#Economy" title="Pennsylvania">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Pennsylvania" title="Education in Pennsylvania">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambling_in_Pennsylvania" title="Gambling in Pennsylvania">Gambling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Pennsylvania">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Pennsylvania" title="Politics of Pennsylvania">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Pennsylvania" title="Sports in Pennsylvania">Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_metropolitan_areas" title="Pennsylvania metropolitan areas">Metro areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altoona,_Pennsylvania" title="Altoona, Pennsylvania">Altoona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie,_Pennsylvania" title="Erie, Pennsylvania">Erie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg%E2%80%93Carlisle_metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area">Harrisburg–Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg%E2%80%93York%E2%80%93Lebanon_combined_statistical_area" title="Harrisburg–York–Lebanon combined statistical area">Harrisburg–York–Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnstown,_Pennsylvania" title="Johnstown, Pennsylvania">Johnstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania" title="Lancaster, Pennsylvania">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_Pennsylvania" title="Lebanon, Pennsylvania">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley" title="Lehigh Valley">Lehigh Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Pittsburgh" title="Greater Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Berks County, Pennsylvania">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Valley" title="Wyoming Valley">Scranton‑Wilkes-Barre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_College,_Pennsylvania" title="State College, Pennsylvania">State College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington%E2%80%93Baltimore_combined_statistical_area" title="Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area">Washington-Baltimore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamsport,_Pennsylvania" title="Williamsport, Pennsylvania">Williamsport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York,_Pennsylvania" title="York, Pennsylvania">York</a>-<a href="/wiki/Hanover,_Pennsylvania" title="Hanover, Pennsylvania">Hanover</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of cities in Pennsylvania">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altoona,_Pennsylvania" title="Altoona, Pennsylvania">Altoona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethlehem, Pennsylvania">Bethlehem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler,_Pennsylvania" title="Butler, Pennsylvania">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DuBois,_Pennsylvania" title="DuBois, Pennsylvania">DuBois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easton,_Pennsylvania" title="Easton, Pennsylvania">Easton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie,_Pennsylvania" title="Erie, Pennsylvania">Erie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Greensburg, Pennsylvania">Greensburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazleton,_Pennsylvania" title="Hazleton, Pennsylvania">Hazleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnstown,_Pennsylvania" title="Johnstown, Pennsylvania">Johnstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania" title="Lancaster, Pennsylvania">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_Pennsylvania" title="Lebanon, Pennsylvania">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKeesport,_Pennsylvania" title="McKeesport, Pennsylvania">McKeesport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Castle,_Pennsylvania" title="New Castle, Pennsylvania">New Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottsville,_Pennsylvania" title="Pottsville, Pennsylvania">Pottsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading,_Pennsylvania" title="Reading, Pennsylvania">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania" title="Scranton, Pennsylvania">Scranton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunbury,_Pennsylvania" title="Sunbury, Pennsylvania">Sunbury</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wilkes-Barre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamsport,_Pennsylvania" title="Williamsport, Pennsylvania">Williamsport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York,_Pennsylvania" title="York, Pennsylvania">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_and_boroughs_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania">Largest<br />municipalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abington_Township,_Montgomery_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania">Abington Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bensalem_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania">Bensalem Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethel_Park,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethel Park, Pennsylvania">Bethel Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Bristol Township, Pennsylvania">Bristol Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania">Cheltenham Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranberry_Township,_Butler_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania">Cranberry Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darby,_Pennsylvania" title="Darby, Pennsylvania">Darby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_Township,_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Falls Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampden_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Hampden Township, Pennsylvania">Hampden Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverford_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Haverford Township, Pennsylvania">Haverford Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hempfield_Township,_Westmoreland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania">Hempfield Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Macungie_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania">Lower Macungie Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Makefield_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania">Lower Makefield Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Merion_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania">Lower Merion Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Paxton_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania">Lower Paxton Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manheim_Township,_Lancaster_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania">Manheim Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCandless,_Pennsylvania" title="McCandless, Pennsylvania">McCandless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middletown_Township,_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Middletown Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millcreek_Township,_Erie_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania">Millcreek Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroeville,_Pennsylvania" title="Monroeville, Pennsylvania">Monroeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mt._Lebanon,_Pennsylvania" title="Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania">Mt. Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norristown,_Pennsylvania" title="Norristown, Pennsylvania">Norristown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Township,_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Northampton Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Huntingdon_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="North Huntingdon Township, Pennsylvania">North Huntingdon Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_Hills,_Pennsylvania" title="Penn Hills, Pennsylvania">Penn Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radnor_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Radnor Township, Pennsylvania">Radnor Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridley_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Ridley Township, Pennsylvania">Ridley Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Township,_Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Ross Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Ross Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaler_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Shaler Township, Pennsylvania">Shaler Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Township,_Berks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania">Spring Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_College,_Pennsylvania" title="State College, Pennsylvania">State College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tredyffrin_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania">Tredyffrin Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Darby_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania">Upper Darby Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Merion_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania">Upper Merion Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warminster_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Warminster Township, Pennsylvania">Warminster Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="West Chester, Pennsylvania">West Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitehall_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania">Whitehall Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="York Township, Pennsylvania">York Township</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Pennsylvania" title="Regions of Pennsylvania">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Mountains" title="Allegheny Mountains">Allegheny Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_National_Forest" title="Allegheny National Forest">Allegheny National Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Plateau" title="Allegheny Plateau">Allegheny Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bald_Eagle_Valley" title="Bald Eagle Valley">Bald Eagle Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_Region" title="Coal Region">Coal Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Valley" title="Cumberland Valley">Cumberland Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Delaware Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch_Country" title="Pennsylvania Dutch Country">Dutch Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endless_Mountains" title="Endless Mountains">Endless Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Valley_(Pennsylvania)" title="Great Valley (Pennsylvania)">Great Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_Valley_(Pennsylvania)" title="Happy Valley (Pennsylvania)">Happy Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_Highlands" title="Laurel Highlands">Laurel Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon_Valley" title="Lebanon Valley">Lebanon Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley" title="Lehigh Valley">Lehigh Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahoning_Valley_(geographic)" title="Mahoning Valley (geographic)">Mahoning Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Main_Line" title="Philadelphia Main Line">Main Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nittany_Valley" title="Nittany Valley">Nittany Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Pennsylvania" title="Northeastern Pennsylvania">Northeastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Tier_(Pennsylvania)" title="Northern Tier (Pennsylvania)">Northern Tier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Pennsylvania" title="North Central Pennsylvania">North Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Penn_Valley" title="North Penn Valley">North Penn Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh%E2%80%93New_Castle%E2%80%93Weirton_combined_statistical_area" title="Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area">Ohio Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oil_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil Region">Oil Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oley_Valley" title="Oley Valley">Oley Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Highlands_Region" title="Pennsylvania Highlands Region">Pennsylvania Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Wilds" title="Pennsylvania Wilds">Pennsylvania Wilds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penns_Valley" title="Penns Valley">Penns Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_(United_States)" title="Piedmont (United States)">Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocono_Mountains" title="Pocono Mountains">Pocono Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge and Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg%E2%80%93York%E2%80%93Lebanon_combined_statistical_area" title="Harrisburg–York–Lebanon combined statistical area">South Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_Valley" title="Susquehanna Valley">Susquehanna Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania" title="Western Pennsylvania">Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Valley" title="Wyoming Valley">Wyoming Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of counties in Pennsylvania">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Adams County, Pennsylvania">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Allegheny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armstrong_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Armstrong County, Pennsylvania">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Beaver County, Pennsylvania">Beaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Bedford County, Pennsylvania">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Berks County, Pennsylvania">Berks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Blair County, Pennsylvania">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Bradford County, Pennsylvania">Bradford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Bucks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Butler County, Pennsylvania">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambria_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Cambria County, Pennsylvania">Cambria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Cameron County, Pennsylvania">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbon_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Carbon County, Pennsylvania">Carbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centre_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Centre County, Pennsylvania">Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester County, Pennsylvania">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarion_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Clarion County, Pennsylvania">Clarion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearfield_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Clearfield County, Pennsylvania">Clearfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Clinton County, Pennsylvania">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Columbia County, Pennsylvania">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Crawford County, Pennsylvania">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Cumberland County, Pennsylvania">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dauphin_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Dauphin County, Pennsylvania">Dauphin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elk_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Elk County, Pennsylvania">Elk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Erie County, Pennsylvania">Erie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Fayette County, Pennsylvania">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Forest County, Pennsylvania">Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Franklin County, Pennsylvania">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Fulton County, Pennsylvania">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Greene County, Pennsylvania">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntingdon_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania">Huntingdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Indiana County, Pennsylvania">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Jefferson County, Pennsylvania">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juniata_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Juniata County, Pennsylvania">Juniata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lackawanna_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania">Lackawanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lancaster County, Pennsylvania">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lawrence County, Pennsylvania">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lebanon County, Pennsylvania">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lehigh County, Pennsylvania">Lehigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Luzerne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lycoming_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lycoming County, Pennsylvania">Lycoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKean_County,_Pennsylvania" title="McKean County, Pennsylvania">McKean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Mercer County, Pennsylvania">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mifflin_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Mifflin County, Pennsylvania">Mifflin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Monroe County, Pennsylvania">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Montgomery County, Pennsylvania">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montour_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Montour County, Pennsylvania">Montour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Northampton County, Pennsylvania">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Northumberland County, Pennsylvania">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Perry County, Pennsylvania">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Pike County, Pennsylvania">Pike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potter_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Potter County, Pennsylvania">Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schuylkill_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania">Schuylkill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snyder_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Snyder County, Pennsylvania">Snyder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Somerset County, Pennsylvania">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sullivan_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Sullivan County, Pennsylvania">Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania">Susquehanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tioga_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Tioga County, Pennsylvania">Tioga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Union County, Pennsylvania">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venango_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Venango County, Pennsylvania">Venango</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Warren County, Pennsylvania">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Washington County, Pennsylvania">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Wayne County, Pennsylvania">Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania">Westmoreland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Wyoming County, Pennsylvania">Wyoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_County,_Pennsylvania" title="York County, Pennsylvania">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/32px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/48px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/64px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="540" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Pennsylvania" title="Portal:Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania 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style="width:1%">Settlements<br />50k-100k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania" title="Scranton, Pennsylvania">Scranton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Settlements<br />25k-50k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Back_Mountain,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Back Mountain, Pennsylvania">Back Mountain</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wilkes-Barre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Settlements<br />10k-25k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dunmore,_Pennsylvania" title="Dunmore, Pennsylvania">Dunmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanover_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Hanover Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazleton,_Pennsylvania" title="Hazleton, Pennsylvania">Hazleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Pennsylvania" title="Kingston, Pennsylvania">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Top,_Pennsylvania" title="Mountain Top, Pennsylvania">Mountain Top</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanticoke,_Pennsylvania" title="Nanticoke, Pennsylvania">Nanticoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plains_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Plains Township, Pennsylvania">Plains Township</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bodies of water</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_River" title="Susquehanna River">Susquehanna River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Run_(Susquehanna_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rocky Run (Susquehanna River)">Rocky Run (Susquehanna River)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turtle_Creek_(Susquehanna_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Turtle Creek (Susquehanna River)">Turtle Creek (Susquehanna River)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Creek_(Susquehanna_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Creek (Susquehanna River)">Black Creek (Susquehanna River)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Run" title="Paddy Run">Paddy Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shickshinny_Creek" title="Shickshinny Creek">Shickshinny Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunlock_Creek" title="Hunlock Creek">Hunlock Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harveys_Creek" title="Harveys Creek">Harveys Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_Creek" title="Newport Creek">Newport Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanticoke_Creek" title="Nanticoke Creek">Nanticoke Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrior_Creek_(Pennsylvania)" title="Warrior Creek 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Pennsylvania">St. Marys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharon,_Pennsylvania" title="Sharon, Pennsylvania">Sharon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren,_Pennsylvania" title="Warren, Pennsylvania">Warren</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wilkes-Barre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Borough_(Pennsylvania)" title="Borough (Pennsylvania)">Boroughs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bellevue,_Pennsylvania" title="Bellevue, Pennsylvania">Bellevue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethel_Park,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethel Park, Pennsylvania">Municipality of Bethel Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braddock,_Pennsylvania" title="Braddock, Pennsylvania">Braddock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_Woods,_Pennsylvania" title="Bradford Woods, Pennsylvania">Bradford 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