Wyoming, Pennsylvania
borough in northeastern Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
Wyoming is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 5 miles (8 km) north of Wilkes-Barre, along the Susquehanna River. The population was 3,097 as of the 2020 census.
Etymology
The name "Wyoming" derives from the Munsee word xwé:wamənk, meaning "at the big river flat". The state of Wyoming is either named after this borough or the surrounding valley.
History
Early history
By the 1700s, the Wyoming Valley was inhabited by several Native American tribes (including the Susquehannock and the Delaware). In the mid-18th century, Connecticut settlers ventured into the valley. These were the first recorded Europeans in the region. In 1768, the Susquehanna Company of Connecticut devised a plan to divide the Wyoming Valley into five townships. Each township was to be divided amongst forty settlers.
“Wyoming, Pennsylvania” enters the record as borough in northeastern Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Wyoming, Pennsylvania and borough can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1183363. VIAF identifies the subject as 142015152. The Library of Congress control number is n89103678. Authority coordinates are 41.309, -75.837. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 1768.
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