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Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

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0newspaper titles
0digitized titles
5historic places
—earliest paper
1843formed
26,069pop. 2020
19cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

No newspaper titles for Wyoming County are listed in the U.S. Newspaper Directory data loaded here. The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Starkville, Noxen Township, Meshoppen.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

No titles found in the directory for this county. Search the Library of Congress directory.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 5 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

5 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bridge in Nicholson TownshipStarkvilleStructure1988
Noxen SchoolNoxen TownshipBuilding2006
Old White MillMeshoppenBuilding1975
Tunkhannock Historic DistrictTunkhannockDistrict2005
Tunkhannock ViaductNicholsonStructure1977

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Wyoming was formed in 1843 (1843-05-01) from Luzerne.

WYOMING created from LUZERNE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Wyoming County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

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18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
10,65512,54015,59817,15214,10116,70216,76616,81326,43328,08026,069

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Steamtown National Historic SiteNational Historic Site31.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

19 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 19 of 19 listed
NameLatLon
Clark Cemetery41.62646-75.94444
Dixon Cemetery41.56251-75.88978
East Lemon Cemetery41.58085-75.86486
Fairview Cemetery41.50514-75.83907
Fincke Cemetery41.45029-76.23734
Fitch Cemetery41.41923-75.88243
Greenwood Cemetery41.48926-75.7879
Jackson Cemetery41.50964-75.92204
Lacey Street Cemetery41.63458-76.18424
North Flat Cemetery41.62895-76.14854
Oakley Cemetery41.60679-75.82542
Overfield Cemetery41.60767-76.07513
Pedrick Cemetery41.59689-75.77853
Post Hill Cemetery41.48889-75.85385
Robinson Cemetery41.51177-76.13119
Russell - Prevost Cemetery41.58443-75.99477
Saint Patricks Cemetery41.63646-75.78325
Stark Cemetery41.59166-75.84678
Sunnyside Cemetery41.54056-75.93083
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Mill City41.39813-75.97909

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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