Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Luzerne County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 325,594,[1] making it the most populous county in the northeastern part of the state.
The county seat and largest city is Wilkes-Barre.[2]
Other populous communities include Hazleton, Kingston, Nanticoke, and Pittston. Luzerne County is included in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a total population of 567,559 (as of 2020).
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Media
Map of Native American tribes in the region before the arrival of European settlers
A 1776 map of the Province of Pennsylvania and competing land claims at the time
The July 3, 1778 Battle of Wyoming depicted in an 1858 painting by Alonzo Chappel
A 1792 map of Pennsylvania when Bradford, Lackawanna, Susquehanna, and Wyoming were still part of Luzerne County
Children working in Wilkes-Barre coal mine in 1906
Breaker boys in Pittston in January 1911
Historical marker of the June 5, 1919 Baltimore Mine Tunnel disaster in Wilkes-Barre
Nanticoke as depicted in a drawing from between 1930 and 1945
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References
- ↑ "QuickFacts: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
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