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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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Wilkes-Barre is a city in and the county seat of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census. It is the second-largest city, after Scranton, in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a population of 567,559 as of the 2020 census, making it the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Pennsylvania after the Delaware Valley, Greater Pittsburgh, the Lehigh Valley, and Greater Harrisburg.
Image: Downtown Wilkes Barre along the Susquehanna River
Image: Downtown Wilkes Barre along the Susquehanna River
Image: 16 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
Image: 16 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
Image: Luzerne County Courthouse River Commons
Image: Luzerne County Courthouse River Commons
Image: Wilkes Barre Panorama
Image: Wilkes Barre Panorama
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
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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
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.
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
Photo taken just before the Lattimer massacre on September 10, 1897
Wyoming Valley in the 1860s
Wyoming Valley in the 1860s