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Luzerne is a third class county formed out of part of Northumberland on 25 Sep 1786. It was the parent county of Susquehanna, Wyoming Lackawanna & part of Bradford counties.

City	Incorporated	Settled	Formerly part of:
Hazleton	4 Dec 1919	1780	Laid out as a town in 1836. Incorporated as a borough in 3 Apr 1851.
Nanticoke	1926	1800	Incorporated as a borough 31 Jan 1874
Pittston	1894	1770	Laid out as a town in 1772. Incorporated as a borough in 11 Apr 1833.
Wilkes-Barre	24 May 1871	1769	Laid out as a town in 1770. Incorporated as a borough 17 Mar 1806
Borough	Incorporated	Settled	Formerly part of:
Ashley	5 Dec 1870	1830	Hanover Twp
Avoca (Pleasant Valley)	1871	1786	Pittston Twp; name changed in 1889
Bear Creek Village
Conyngham	19 Oct 1921	c1806	Sugar Loaf Twp
Courtdale	6 Sep 1897		Kingston Twp
Dallas	21 Apr 1879	1797	Dallas Twp
Dupont	26 Mar 1917		Pittston Township
Duryea	28 May 1891		Marcy Twp
Edwardsville	16 Jun 1884		Plymouth & Kingston Twps
Exeter	8 Feb 1884		Exeter Twp
Forty-Fort	1887	c1778	Kingston Twp
Freeland	11 Sep 1876	1868	Foster Twp
Harvey's Lake
Hughestown	7 Apr 1879	c1836	Pittston Twp
Jeddo	23 Oct 1871		Foster Twp
Kingston	c1857	1769	Kingston Twp
Laflin	10 Sep 1889		Jenkins Twp
Larksville	10 Nov 1909		Plymouth Twp
Laurel Run	1881		Wilkes-Barre Twp
Luzerne	1882	1807	Kingston Twp
Nescopeck	27 Jan 1896	1786	Nescopeck Twp
New Columbus	11 Apr 1859	1819	Huntington Twp
Nuangola	16 Nov 1908		Wright Twp
Penn Lake Park
Plymouth	23 Apr 1866	1766	Plymouth Township
Pringle	17 Jan 1914		Pringle Twp
Shickshinny	30 Nov 1861	c1857	Salem & Union Twps
Sugar Notch	3 Apr 1867		Hanover Twp
Swoyersville	27 Nov 1888		Kingston Twp
Warrior Run	25 Jan 1895		Hanover Twp
West Hazleton	1889		Hazle Twp
West Pittston	1857	c1778	Exeter Twp
West Wyoming	23 Jun 1898		Kingston Twp
White Haven	c1842	1824	Dennison Twp
Wyoming	Jun 1885	c1780	Kingston Twp
Yatesville	20 May 1878	1809	Jenkins Twp
Township	Incorporated	Settled	Formerly part of:
Bear Creek	1856	1786	Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Bucks, Plains, & Jenkins Twps
Black Creek	8 Aug 1848	1810	Sugarloaf Twp
Buck	1833	1782	Covington Twp
Butler	1839	1784	Sugarloaf Twp
Conyngham	1875	1795	Hollenback Twp
Dallas	1817	1797	Kingston Twp
Dennison	1839	1833	Hanover Twp
Dorrance	1840	1785	Newport Twp
Exeter	1790	1785
Fairmount	1834	1792	Huntington Twp
Fairview	9 Feb 1889	1798	Wright Twp
Foster	1855	1824	Dennison Twp
Franklin	1843	1782	Kingston, Exeter & Dallas Twps
Hanover	1790	1772
Hazle	1839	1836	Sugarloaf Twp
Hollenback	1845	1789	Nescopeck Twp
Hunlock	8 Jan 1877	1778	Union & Plymouth Twps
Huntington	c1793	1775	Salem Twp
Jackson	c1844	1795	Plymouth Twp
Jenkins	24 Jun 1852	1794	Pittston Twp
Kingston	1790	1769
Lake	1841	1792	Lehman & Monroe Twps
Lehman	1829	1801	Dallas Twp
Nescopeck	1792	1786	Newport Twp
Newport	1790	1772
Pittston	1768	1776
Plains	1851	1762	Wilkes-Barre & Pittston Twps
Plymouth	28 Dec 1768	1769
Rice	1928		Wright Twp
Ross	1842	1795	Lehman & Union Twps
Salem	1786
Slocum	1854	1785	Newport Twp
Sugarloaf	1809		Nescopeck Twp
Union	Jul 1813	1790	Huntington Twp
Wikes-Barre	1790	1758
Wright	1851	1798	Hanover Twp

Src: Hottenstein & Welch, compilers; Incorporation Dates for Pennsylvania Municipalities , Commonwealth of PA, 1965

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Luzerne Links

• Luzerne County Town Histories
• Political Graveyard for Luzerne - Politicians & their cemeteries
• Luzerne County Folkfinders
• The History of Plymouth - A fifth grade project
• Wilkes-Barre Twp Police Department : History of Wilkes-Barre Twp
• Lower Luzerne County, PA - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/
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