Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States

Details for Luzerne County

Name

Luzerne County

Place Type

County

Located in

Pennsylvania, United States

County Seat

Wilkes-Barre

Coordinates

Latitude		41.3753568		41° 22' 31.3" N
Longitude		-76.2499340		76° 14' 59.8" W

Population

328,149

Elevation

703 m

Surrounding Counties

Wyoming N
Lackawanna NE
Monroe E
Carbon SE
Schuylkill S
Columbia SW
Sullivan W

USGS GNIS FeatureID

1209183

Histopolis Place ID

866636986

Updated Apr 15, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Luzerne County

10 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Luzerne County PA USGenWeb Archives ~ Cemeteries [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/luzerne/cemet.htm (5 Dec 2009)

Cemeteries in or near Luzerne County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=14347&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (17 Nov 2008)

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania County Information - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Get all the local information you need on Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, PA - community history, demographics, local search and more at ePodunk
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=14347 (16 Dec 2009)

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania (23 Jul 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Pennsylvania > Luzerne County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Pennsylvania > Luzerne County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/PA/Luzerne/ (11 Jul 2010)

Pennsylvania Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [Pennsylvania Gravestone Photos]
Research your Pennsylvania ancestors and family history by searching our online database of Pennsylvania gravestone photos. Locate Pennsylvania gravestone images of your descendants and discover your Pennsylvania roots.
http://pennsylvaniagravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=40 (27 Nov 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Pennsylvania > Luzerne County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Pennsylvania > Luzerne County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/PA/Luzerne/cem/ (3 Nov 2008)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2280 (10 Sep 2009)

The Political Graveyard: Luzerne County, Pa. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
http://www.interment.net/us/pa/luzerne.htm (16 May 2010)

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Townships, Boroughs and Cities of Luzerne County

36 Townships, 36 Boroughs, 4 Cities (Township is assumed unless noted)

Ashley (borough)	Avoca (borough)	Bear Creek	Bear Creek Village (borough)
Black Creek	Buck	Butler	Conyngham
Conyngham (borough)	Courtdale (borough)	Dallas	Dallas (borough)
Dennison	Dorrance	Dupont (borough)	Duryea (borough)
Edwardsville (borough)	Exeter	Exeter (borough)	Fairmount
Fairview	Forty Fort (borough)	Foster	Franklin
Freeland (borough)	Hanover	Harveys Lake (borough)	Hazle
Hazleton (city)	Hollenback	Hughestown (borough)	Hunlock
Huntington	Jackson	Jeddo (borough)	Jenkins
Kingston	Kingston (borough)	Laflin (borough)	Lake
Larksville (borough)	Laurel Run (borough)	Lehman	Luzerne (borough)
Nanticoke (city)	Nescopeck	Nescopeck (borough)	New Columbus (borough)
Newport	Nuangola (borough)	Penn Lake Park (borough)	Pittston
Pittston (city)	Plains	Plymouth	Plymouth (borough)
Pringle (borough)	Rice	Ross	Salem
Shickshinny (borough)	Slocum	Sugar Notch (borough)	Sugarloaf
Swoyersville (borough)	Union	Warrior Run (borough)	West Hazleton (borough)
West Pittston (borough)	West Wyoming (borough)	White Haven (borough)	Wilkes-Barre
Wilkes-Barre (city)	Wright	Wyoming (borough)	Yatesville (borough)

Cities of Luzerne County

4 Cities, 36 Boroughs, 232 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
Albert	Alden	Ashley (borough)	Askam
Avoca (borough)	Avondale	Avondale Hill
B
Back Mountain	Beach Haven	Bear Creek Junction	Bear Creek Village (borough)
Beaver Brook	Bliem Corners	Bloomingdale	Blytheburn
Boulevard Manor	Breslau	Briggsville	Broadway
Browns	Browntown	Buttonwood
C
Cambra	Carverton	Cease Mills	Ceasetown
Chase	Clarks View	Conyngham (borough)	Cork Lane
Courtdale (borough)	Cranberry	Curry Hill
D
Dallas (borough)	Demunds Corners	Derringer	Dickville
Dippel Manor	Dogtown	Dorrance	Drifton
Druid Hills	Drums	Dundee	Dupont (borough)
Duryea (borough)
E
East Berwick	Ebervale	Eckley	Edgewood
Edwardsville (borough)	Ewen	Exeter (borough)
F
Fades	Fairmount Springs	Fairview	Fairview Heights
Fern Brook	Fern Glen	Feys Grove	Five Points
Folstown	Forest Park	Forty Fort (borough)	Foundryville (historical u.p.)
Fox Hill	Franklin Junction	Freeland (borough)	Frenchtown
G
Georgetown	Glen Junction	Glen Lyon	Glen Summit
Glendale	Gowen	Gowen Breaker Station	Gracedale
Green Ridge	Gregory	Gum Run
H
Hallwood	Hanover	Hanover Green	Happy Valley
Harding	Harleigh	Harveys Lake (borough)	Harveyville
Harwood	Hays Corner	Hazlebrook	Hazleton (city)
Hazleton Station	Hess Island	Hickory Hills	Highlands
Hilldale	Hillside	Hobbie	Hollars Hill
Hollywood	Honey Hole	Houston City	Hudson
Hughestown (borough)	Hughs	Humboldt	Hunlock
Hunlock Creek	Hunlock Gardens	Huntington Mills	Huntsville
I
Idetown	Inkerman
J
Japan	Jeansville	Jeddo (borough)	Johnson Greene
K
Ketcham	Keystone	Kingston (borough)	Kis-Lyn
Koonsville	Korn Krest	Kunkle	Kyttle
L
Laflin (borough)	Lake	Laketon	Langdon
Larksville (borough)	Lattimer	Laurel Run (borough)	Lee
Lee Park	Lehman	Liewellyn Corners	Lindbergh
Llewellyn Corners	Loomis Park	Lower Askam	Loyalville
Luzerne (borough)	Lynnwood
M
Maplewood Heights	Marshall Hollow	Meeker	Middleburg
Middletown	Midvale	Milnesville	Miners Mills
Mocanaqua	Moosehead	Mossville	Mount Airy Terrace
Mount Laurel	Mountain Grove	Mountain Top	Moyers Grove
Muhlenburg
N
Nanticoke (city)	Nescopeck (borough)	Nescopeck Pass	New Columbus (borough)
Newport Center	Newton	Nuangola (borough)	Nuangola Station
O
Oakdale	Ochre Mill	Old Boston	Old Sugar Loaf
Oliver Mills	Orange	Outlet
P
Pardeesville	Parsons	Patterson Grove	Penn Lake Park (borough)
Penobscot	Pikes Creek	Pine View	Pittston (city)
Pittston Junction	Plains	Plainsville	Pleasant Valley
Pleasant View Summit	Plymouth (borough)	Plymouth Junction	Pond Creek
Pond Hill	Port Blanchard	Port Bowkley	Port Griffith
Port Jenkins	Preston	Prichard	Pringle (borough)
R
Red Hill	Red Rock	Register	Reilly
Ridgewood	Ripple (historical u.p.)	Ripple	Rippletown
Rita	Rittenhouse	Roaring Brook	Rock Glen
Ruggles	Rule Corners	Rumbels
S
Saint Johns	Sand Spring	Sandy Run	Scanlin
Sebastopol	Shades Glen	Shavertown	Shawanese
Sheatown	Shickshinny (borough)	Sickler Hill	Silkworth
Slocum	Slocum Corners	Slykerville	Solomon Gap
South Ebervale	South Heberton	Southdale	Springtown
Stairville	Stoddartsville	Sugar Notch (borough)	Suscon
Sweet Valley	Swoyersville (borough)	Sybertsville
T
Tannery	Tomhicken	Town Hill	Trucksville
Trucksville Gardens	Truesdale Terrace
U
Upper Exeter	Upper Lehigh	Upper Pittston
W
Wanamie	Wapwallopen	Warrior Run (borough)	Wech Corners
Weintz	West Hazleton (borough)	West Nanticoke	West Pittston (borough)
West Wyoming (borough)	Westminster	Weston	White Haven (borough)
White Haven Center	Wilkes-Barre (city)	Witinski Villa	Woodside
Wordan Place	Wyoming (borough)
Y
Yatesville (borough)	Youngstown
Z
Zenith

Cemeteries of Luzerne County

59 Cemeteries, 19 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Bronson	Ceasetown	Chapel Lawn	Dodson
Eaton	Edgehill	Evergreen	Fern Brook
Fern Knoll	Forty Fort	Good Shepherd	Graveyard Hill
Groover	Hanover	Hazle	Holy Trinity (Bear Creek Township)
Holy Trinity (Newport Township)	Kocher	Lateer	Laurel
Maple Grove	Maple Hill	Marvin	Memorial Shrine
Moore	Mount Carmel	Mount Greenwood	Mount Laurel
Mountain View	Mt. Carmel (*)	Mt. Greenwood (*)	Mt. Laurel (*)
Newport Center	Oak Lawn	Oaklawn	Parks
Pine Grove	Polish	Polish National	Sacred Heart
Saint Alberts	Saint Ann	Saint Anns	Saint Casimirs
Saint Johns	Saint Joseph	Saint Marys (Dallas Township)	Saint Marys (Hanover Township)
Saint Marys (Newport Township)	Saint Michaels	Saint Nicholas	Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick’s	Saint Peter and Paul	Saint Stephens	Saint Vincents
Scott	Shawnee	Sorber	Sorberton
St. Alberts (*)	St. Ann (*)	St. Anns (*)	St. Casimirs (*)
St. Johns (*)	St. Joseph (*)	St. Marys (* Dallas Township)	St. Marys (* Hanover Township)
St. Marys (* Newport Township)	St. Michaels (*)	St. Nicholas (*)	St. Patrick (*)
St. Patrick's (*)	St. Peter and Paul (*)	St. Stephens (*)	St. Vincents (*)
Thompson	Valley View

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