Lopez is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

located in Colley Township, Sullivan County,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

, United States. The community is located on

Pennsylvania Route 487 Pennsylvania Route 487 (PA 487) is a , north–south state highway running from PA 61 in Shamokin Township, Northumberland County, to PA 87 (near its intersection with US 220) in Dushore, Sullivan County. In Bloomsburg, PA 487 and US 11 ...

. As of the 2010 census, the population of ZIP code 18628 was 501. Lopez is named after Lopez Creek, which was in turn named after roadbuilder John R. Lopez. Originally the village was known as Tar Bridge due to a bridge covered in tar across Lopez Creek. A sawmill was constructed here in 1886, and the railroad was extended to Lopez the same year. Another mill was built in 1888, and Trexler and Turrell built dams to float timber to their mill. A clothespin factory was built in 1894 and burned down two years later, but was rebuilt. As of 1903, Lopez had a population of about 1,000.

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Lopez is the birthplace of

Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...

player

Danny Kravitz Daniel Kravitz (December 21, 1930 – June 19, 2013) was an American professional baseball player. He was a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1956–60 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Athletics. Kravitz batted left-handed, threw rig ...

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Lopez, Pennsylvania
{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania