Pittston Township, Pennsylvania
Pittston Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The population was 3,179 as of the 2020 census. The township is located within the Greater Pittston region. As of 2010, the total population of Greater Pittston was 48,020. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport is located in Pittston Township.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in Pittston Township.
Aerial view of Pittston Township's growing industrial and commercial districts.
An image of Greater Pittston. Pittston Township can be seen on the far left.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in Pittston Township
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Luzerne County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 906 square miles (2,350 km2), of which 890 square miles (2,300 km2) is land and 16 square miles (41 km2) is water. It is Northeastern Pennsylvania's second-largest county by total area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 325,594, making it the most populous county in the northeastern part of the state. The county seat and most populous city is Wilkes-Barre. Other populous communities include Hazleton, Kingston, Nanticoke, and Pittston. Luzerne County is included in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a total population of 555,426 as of 2017. The county is part of the Northeastern Pennsylvania region of the state.
The July 3, 1778 Battle of Wyoming depicted in an 1858 painting by Alonzo Chappel
This coal breaker in Plymouth, built in 1869, was destroyed by fire 20 years later, in 1899.
Photo taken just before the Lattimer massacre on September 10, 1897
Wyoming Valley in the 1860s