Exeter Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Exeter Township is a township within the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,047 at the 2020 census. Upper Exeter and Harding are two villages in the township.
Harding Church of Christ
Greater Pittston is a 65.35 sq mi (169.3 km2) region in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in reference to the area in and around Pittston. As of 2010, the total population of Greater Pittston is 48,020. This region includes Avoca, Dupont, Duryea, Exeter Boro, Exeter Township, Hughestown, Jenkins Township, Laflin, Pittston Township, West Pittston, West Wyoming, Wyoming, and Yatesville. It is a subregion of Wyoming Valley.
Aerial view of Greater Pittston. Pittston City can be seen on the right (along the Susquehanna River).
The Battle of Wyoming in 1778
Hundreds gather at the site of the Twin Shaft Disaster immediately after the cave-in (1896).
Child laborers at a Pittston coal mine (in 1911). The photo was taken by Lewis Hine.