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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