Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

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Not to be confused with Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
Wyoming co pa courthouse.png
The Wyoming County courthouse in Tunkhannock
Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Wyoming County
Location in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
Map of the United States highlighting Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's location in the U.S.
Founded April 4, 1842
Named for Wyoming Valley
Seat Tunkhannock
Largest borough Tunkhannock
Area
 • Total 405 sq mi (1,049 km2)
 • Land 397 sq mi (1,028 km2)
 • Water 7.7 sq mi (20 km2), 1.9%
Population (est.)
 • (2015) 27,800
 • Density 70/sq mi (30/km2)
Congressional district 11th
Time zone Eastern: UTC−5/−4
Website www.wycopa.org

Wyoming County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,276.[1] Its county seat is Tunkhannock.[2] It was created in 1842 from part of Luzerne County.

Wyoming County is included in the Scranton—Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography[edit]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 405 square miles (1,050 km2), of which 397 square miles (1,030 km2) is land and 7.7 square miles (20 km2) (1.9%) is water.[3] The county is intersected by the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, and drained by Tunkhannock, Mehoopany, and other large creeks. The land surface is generally hilly or mountainous, Mehoopany, Tunkhannock, Knob, and Bowman's mountains occupying a portion. The soil is fertile. Timber, coal, and iron are very abundant.[4]

Adjacent counties[edit]

Major roads[edit]

Demographics[edit]

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
185010,655—
186012,54017.7%
187014,58516.3%
188015,5986.9%
189015,8911.9%
190017,1527.9%
191015,509−9.6%
192014,101−9.1%
193015,51710.0%
194016,7027.6%
195016,7660.4%
196016,8130.3%
197019,08213.5%
198026,43338.5%
199028,0766.2%
200028,0800.0%
201028,2760.7%
Est. 201627,521[5]−2.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]
1790-1960[7] 1900-1990[8]
1990-2000[9] 2010-2013[1]

As of the census[10] of 2000, there were 28,080 people, 10,762 households, and 7,705 families residing in the county. The population density was 71 people per square mile (27/km²). There were 12,713 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile (12/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.28% White, 0.53% Black or African American, 0.27% Asian, 0.17% Native American, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.15% from other races, and 0.59% from two or more races. 0.67% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 20.3% were of German, 12.9% Irish, 11.9% English, 11.6% Polish, 9.6% American and 8.1% Italian ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 10,762 households out of which 33.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.10% were married couples living together, 9.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.40% were non-families. 24.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.50% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 28.10% from 25 to 44, 25.20% from 45 to 64, and 13.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 98.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.80 males.

Politics[edit]

Presidential elections results
Presidential Elections Results[11]
Year Republican Democratic Third Parties
2016 66.7% 8,837 28.8% 3,811 4.6% 607
2012 55.3% 6,587 42.5% 5,061 2.3% 273
2008 52.8% 6,983 45.3% 5,985 1.9% 255
2004 60.7% 7,782 38.8% 4,982 0.5% 68
2000 59.1% 6,922 37.3% 4,363 3.6% 424
1996 47.0% 4,888 38.9% 4,049 14.1% 1,471
1992 47.4% 5,143 29.1% 3,158 23.5% 2,549
1988 69.9% 6,607 29.6% 2,797 0.5% 43
1984 74.0% 7,230 25.8% 2,518 0.2% 21
1980 64.6% 5,919 30.2% 2,766 5.3% 482
1976 60.3% 5,705 38.4% 3,628 1.3% 122
1972 74.4% 6,423 24.5% 2,112 1.1% 96
1968 64.1% 5,207 29.1% 2,366 6.8% 551
1964 47.5% 3,864 52.4% 4,268 0.2% 12
1960 69.4% 6,188 30.6% 2,726 0.1% 7
1956 73.6% 5,906 26.4% 2,120 0.0% 3
1952 75.7% 5,772 23.8% 1,815 0.5% 36
1948 70.7% 4,332 27.3% 1,674 2.0% 121
1944 69.6% 4,581 30.1% 1,982 0.3% 19
1940 67.1% 5,273 32.4% 2,548 0.4% 33
1936 61.3% 5,321 37.6% 3,269 1.1% 97
1932 58.0% 3,968 39.9% 2,728 2.1% 145
1928 85.0% 5,321 14.5% 906 0.5% 33
1924 68.1% 3,213 25.3% 1,194 6.7% 314
1920 68.4% 3,208 26.6% 1,247 5.0% 233
1916 52.1% 1,698 44.3% 1,444 3.6% 116
1912 13.6% 480 42.6% 1,505 43.8% 1,548[12]
1908 55.8% 2,234 40.7% 1,629 3.5% 141
1904 56.9% 2,308 38.8% 1,575 4.3% 173
1900 52.6% 2,247 43.9% 1,875 3.5% 149
1896 53.2% 2,373 43.8% 1,951 3.0% 133
1892 49.8% 2,029 46.8% 1,905 3.4% 139
1888 50.7% 2,026 46.1% 1,841 3.2% 129

As of February 2015, there were 15,228 registered voters in Wyoming County.[13]

County commissioners[edit]

  • Tom Henry, Chair, Republican
  • Judy Mead, Vice-chair, Republican
  • Ron Williams, Democrat

Other county offices[edit]

  • Auditors:
    • Laura Dickson, Democrat
    • Ashley Ritz Darby, Republican
    • Judy Shupp, Republican
  • District Attorney, Jeff Mitchell, Democrat
  • Prothonotary, Karen Bishop, Republican
  • Register of Wills & Recorder of Deeds, Dennis Montross, Republican
  • Sheriff, Edward Sherman, Republican
  • Treasurer, Patricia Mead, Republican

State Representative[edit]

State Senator[edit]

United States House of Representatives[edit]

United States Senator[edit]

Education[edit]

Map of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania School Districts

Public school districts[edit]

Higher education[edit]

Transportation[edit]

Skyhaven Airport is a public use airport located in Wyoming County, one nautical mile (1.85 km) south of the central business district of Tunkhannock.[14]

With the town sited on the lower end of the upper third of the Susquehanna, busily wending its way south to the Chesapeake Bay, the river banks to either side the whole length of the Susquehanna were historically used as a rail transport corridor with competing railroads typically making their way on either side on the important NYC and Philadelphia to Buffalo, New York routes connecting the eastern seaboard to cities such as Chicago on the Great Lakes; towns like Tunkhannock played an important role in the highly competitive stakes for such high profit passenger expresses for steam locomotives had surprisingly short cruising ranges and passenger travel had higher earnings than freight. Today, except for select parts, the river bank rail transport infrastructures remaining are mainly left bank located assets of a single railroad's operations department, even shared roads (operated over by several lines) these days use the single corridor along the east/left river bank connecting the large Sayre Yard on the stateline in Sayre, Pennsylvania further upriver to the transitional Duryea yard. After the collapse of Conrail, trackage on the Northern Susquehanna is operated by Norfolk Southern, with some areas sublet to other road companies. The trackage running through Tunkhannock

Pennsylvania Route 29 ('PA-29', a continuation of US-309 from Philadelphia and Allentown) connects to the New York state line providing north-south road connections by secondary highway, whilst PA-92, and especially U.S. Route 6 (US-6) provide major east-west secondary highway access to the region.

Communities[edit]

Map of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs (red) and Townships (white).

Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities, boroughs, townships, and, in at most two cases, towns. The following boroughs and townships are located in Wyoming County:

Boroughs[edit]

Townships[edit]

Census-designated places[edit]

Unincorporated communities[edit]

Ghost towns[edit]

Population ranking[edit]

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Wyoming County.[15]

† county seat

Rank City/Town/etc. Municipal type Population (2010 Census)

1 † Tunkhannock Borough 1,836
2 Factoryville Borough 1,158
3 Nicholson Borough 767
4 Lake Winola CDP 748
5 Noxen CDP 633
6 Meshoppen Borough 563
7 West Falls CDP 382
8 Laceyville Borough 379

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2013. 
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  3. ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2015. 
  4. ^ Wikisource Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Wyoming. II. A N. E. county of Pennsylvania". The American Cyclopædia. 
  5. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Archived from the original on May 29, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017. 
  6. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015. 
  7. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Archived from the original on August 16, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2015. 
  8. ^ Forstall, Richard L., ed. (March 24, 1995). "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 20, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015. 
  9. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2, 2001. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2015. 
  10. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved 2011-05-14. 
  11. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018. 
  12. ^ The leading "other" candidate, Progressive Theodore Roosevelt, received 1,464 votes, while Prohibition candidate Eugene Chafin received 51 votes, and Socialist Labor candidate Arthur Reimer received 33 votes.
  13. ^ "Wyoming County Examiner". wcexaminer.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2018. 
  14. ^ FAA Airport Master Record for 76N (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 11 February 2010.
  15. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 21, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2013. 

External links[edit]

Coordinates: 41°31′N 76°01′W / 41.52°N 76.02°W / 41.52; -76.02

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