Wapwallopen is an unincorporated community in Conyngham Township,

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Luzerne County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and is water. It is Northeastern Pennsylvania's second-largest county by total area. As of ...

, United States. It is named for a

Lenni Lenape The Lenape (, , or Lenape , del, Lënapeyok) also called the Leni Lenape, Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada. Their historical territory inclu ...

settlement that was established where

Big Wapwallopen Creek Big Wapwallopen Creek (also known as Wapwallopen Creek or Big Wap) is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Bear Creek Township, Pennsylvania, Be ...

feeds into the Susquehanna River. The name derives from Lenape ''òphalahpink'' 'place of white wild hemp'.

Pennsylvania Route 239 Pennsylvania Route 239 (PA 239) is a state highway located in Luzerne, Columbia and Lycoming Counties in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 93 in Nescopeck Township. The northern terminus is at PA 42 in Nort ...

passes through the settlement. File:Pennsylvania Route 239 in Wapwallopen.JPG,

in Wapwallopen

References

External links

Wapwallopen.com
{{authority control Pennsylvania populated places on the Susquehanna River Unincorporated communities in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania