Pikes Creek is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in Lake Township, Luzerne 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 population was 269 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Pikes Creek is located at . According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land. It is located at the crossroads of Pennsylvania Route 29 and

Pennsylvania Route 118 Pennsylvania Route 118 (PA 118) is a state route located in northeastern Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at PA 405 in Hughesville. The eastern terminus is at PA 415 in Dallas. The road is known briefly as East Wa ...

. The borough of

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is east along Route 118, and the city of Nanticoke is south along Route 29. The village is named for

Pikes Creek Pikes Creek (also known as Pike Creek) is a tributary of Harveys Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Lake Township, Lehman Township, Jackson Township, and Plymouth Township. ...

, a tributary of Harveys Creek, which flows south to the

Susquehanna River The Susquehanna River (; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South. At long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the ...

at West Nanticoke.

Demographics

References

Census-designated places in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania {{LuzerneCountyPA-geo-stub