Nescopeck Creek is a 37.5-mile-long tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The creek is in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania. The meaning of the creek's name is "deep black
Partially frozen Nescopeck Creek
Nescopeck Creek not far from its mouth, looking downstream
Sugarloaf Township is a township that is located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,879 at the time of the 2020 census.
Nescopeck Creek
…it passes the communities of Rumbels and St. Johns and then crosses Interstate 81. Several miles later, the creek leaves Butler Township and enters Sugarloaf Township. It continues west in this township, receiving the tributary Little Nescopeck Creek B, crossing Pennsylvania Route 93, and making several meanders…
"Highacres" (now Penn State Hazleton), built in 1924
Illustration of Sugarloaf Township, Conyngham Valley, Luzerne County, between ca. 1930 and 1945
Little Nescopeck Creek in Sugarloaf
Little Nescopeck Creek in Sugarloaf