Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hanover Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,424, making it the most populous township in the county.
Huber Breaker in Ashley Borough, as viewed from a farm in Hanover Township
Hanover Township (in foreground) borders Nanticoke City (middle); the South Cross Valley Expressway (PA 29) crosses over the Susquehanna River and links Hanover Township to Plymouth Township (on right).
Warrior Creek, Hanover Township
Warrior Creek, Hanover Township
Captain Lazarus Stewart was an 18th-century Pennsylvanian frontiersman, a leader of the Paxton Boys, and a prominent commander on the Yankee side in the Pennamite–Yankee War. He met his death during the Revolutionary War in battle with Loyalists and Iroquois at the Battle of Wyoming.
1841 lithograph of the Paxton Boys' massacre of the Susquehannock at Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1763.