Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

Wyoming County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Tunkhannock
Address of the administrative headquarters:	1 Courthouse Square Tunkhannock, PA 18657
Foundation :	April 4, 1842
Made up from:	Lucerne County
Area code :	001 570
Demographics
Residents :	28,080  (2000)
Population density :	27.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1048 km²
Water surface :	20 km²
map

Wyoming County is a county in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 28,080 people and a population density of 27 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Tunkhannock .

history

The county was formed on April 4, 1842 from the northern area of Lucerne County .

The Noxen School is one of the county's five entries in the NRHP.

Five buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 25, 2018).

geography

The county has an area of ​​1048 square kilometers, of which 20 square kilometers are water.

Population development

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1900	17,152		-
1910	15,509		-9.6%
1920	14.101		-9.1%
1930	15,517		10%
1940	16,702		7.6%
1950	16,766		0.4%
1960	16,813		0.3%
1970	19,082		13.5%
1980	26,433		38.5%
1990	28,076		6.2%
2000	28,080		0%
1900-1990 2000

Wyoming county map

Cities and towns

Braintrim Township Clinton Township Eaton Township Exeter Township Factoryville Falls township Forkston Township Laceyville	Lemon Township Mehoopany Township Meshoppen Township Mesh studs Monroe Township Nicholson Township Nicholson North Branch Township	Northmoreland Township Noxen Township Overfield Township Tunkhannock Township Tunkhannock Washington Township Windham Township

Web links

Commons : Wyoming County, Pennsylvania  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• County's web presence

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wyoming County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ History of Wyoming County on the county's website .
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 25, 2018.
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

Coordinates: 41 ° 31 '  N , 76 ° 1'  W