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Wilkes-Barre (/ ˈ w ɪ l k s b ɛər i / WILKS-bair-ee) is a city in and the county seat of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census.
In 1806, a large portion of the territory broke away from the township to form the borough of Wilkes-Barre. Today, the township of Wilkes-Barre occupies a 1-by-3-mile (1.6 by 4.8 km) strip of land adjacent to the southeast border of what is now the city of Wilkes-Barre. Coal mining was a prominent industry in and around Wilkes-Barre Township in ...
As a metropolitan area, it is known as the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, after its principal cities, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. With a population of 567,559 as of the 2020 United States census , it is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Pennsylvania , after the Delaware Valley , Greater Pittsburgh , the Lehigh Valley , and the ...
The Susquehanna River reached a record high of 42.6 feet (13.0 meters) in Wilkes-Barre. The river topped the 40.9-foot (12.5-meter) level in flooding caused by Hurricane Agnes in 1972. However, unlike 1972, the levee system in Wilkes-Barre and several other communities held. Those municipalities without a levee system witnessed severe flooding.
Pennsylvania Route 115 (PA 115) is a 35.7-mile-long (57.5 km) north–south state highway in eastern Pennsylvania.It stretches from U.S. Route 209 (US 209) in Brodheadsville, Monroe County, northwest to Interstate 81 (I-81) and PA 309 near Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County.
PA 29 south (South Cross Valley Expressway) to I-81 – Nanticoke, Wilkes-Barre: Interchange, north end of PA 29 concurrency: Kingston: 182.4: 293.5: PA 309 north (North Cross Valley Expressway) – Luzerne, Dallas: PA 309 exit 5; access to northbound PA 309 and access from southbound PA 309: West Pittston: 188.6: 303.5: PA 92 north (Exeter ...
Pennsylvania Route 315 (PA 315) is an 8.2-mile-long (13.2 km) state highway located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.The southern terminus is at an interchange with the PA 309 freeway and the northern terminus of PA 309 Business (PA 309 Bus.) in Wilkes-Barre.
Georgetown is located at 2]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.73 square miles (1.9 km 2), all land.Georgetown occupies most of the southwestern half of Wilkes-Barre Township and is bisected by I-81/PA 309.