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Black Creek Township, Pennsylvania
Black Creek Township is a township (Pennsylvania), township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,904 as of the 2020 census. History Black Creek Township was established from a section of Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Sugarloaf Township on August 8, 1848. It was named after Black Creek (Nescopeck Creek tributary), Black Creek (a stream which runs through the township). The township grew slowly during its early years. Farmers had to clear away thick forests in order to utilize the land. The early lumbermen were also busy cutting down the forests which blanketed the mountainous landscape. The first sawmill and gristmill were built by Martin and William Rittenhouse in 1810. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.45%, is water. The township is south of PA 93 (originally the Lehigh-Susquehanna Turnpike). It is also west of t ...
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Township (Pennsylvania)
A township, under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is the lowest level of municipal incorporation of government. All of Pennsylvania's community, communities outside of incorporated local government in Pennsylvania#City, cities, borough (Pennsylvania), boroughs, and Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania#History, one town have been incorporated into individual townships that serve as the legal entities providing local self-government functions. In general, townships in Pennsylvania encompass larger land areas than other Municipality, municipalities, and tend to be located in suburban, exurban, or rural parts of the commonwealth. As with other incorporated municipalities in Pennsylvania, townships exist within local government in Pennsylvania#County, counties and are subordinate to or dependent upon the county level of government. History Townships in Pennsylvania were created in the 17th century during the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania prior to the American Revolution. Muc ...
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Interstate 80 In Pennsylvania
Interstate 80 (I-80) in the US state of Pennsylvania runs for across the central part of the state. It is designated as the Keystone Shortway and officially as the Z.H. Confair Memorial Highway. This route was built mainly along a completely new alignment, not paralleling any earlier US Routes, as a shortcut to the tolled Pennsylvania Turnpike to the south and New York State Thruway to the north. It does not serve any major cities in Pennsylvania and is mainly a cross-state route on the Ohio–New York City corridor. Most of I-80's path across the state goes through hilly and mountainous terrain, while the route passes through relatively flat areas toward the western part of the state. I-80 serves many smaller cities in central to northern Pennsylvania, including Sharon, Clarion, DuBois, Bellefonte, Lock Haven, Milton, Bloomsburg, Hazleton, and Stroudsburg. It also passes close but never into four larger cities: State College, Williamsport, Wilkes-Barre, and ...
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Interstate 80
Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one of the original routes of the Interstate Highway System; its final segment was opened in 1986. At a length of , it is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States, after I-90. It runs through many major cities, including Oakland, Sacramento, Reno, Salt Lake City, Omaha, Des Moines, and Toledo, and passes within of Chicago, Cleveland, and New York City. I-80 is the Interstate Highway that most closely approximates the route of the historic Lincoln Highway, the first road across the United States. The highway roughly traces other historically significant travel routes in the Western United States: the Oregon Trail across Wyoming and Nebraska, the California Trail across most of Nevada and California, the first transcontinental airmai ...
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Black Creek (Nescopeck Creek)
Black Creek is a long source tributary of Nescopeck Creek so part of the Susquehanna River drainage basin. It is also the second & longer stream of the same name recognized by the USGS GNIS system in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania,USGS GNIS systemsearch by namein Pennsylvania. Relative lengths from other data sources, but GNIS data puts the differences at over 20 miles. (See GNIS details1169695, Black Creekvs1169696, Black Creek) in the United States—compared to the Black Creek beyond the ridgeline of the drainage divide, so in the Lehigh River valley and Carbon County. The headwaters of both Black Creeks in Luzerne county are only a few miles apart, and both valleys were traversed by the Lausanne-Nescopeck Turnpike (Lehigh-Susquehanna Turnpike) in the first half of the 19th-century. The J-on-its-long-side-shaped brook is approximately long, and in the early 1800s the sides of its valley became the path of the Lausanne-Nescopeck Turnpike (Lehigh-Susquehanna Turnpike)& ...
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Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County (, ; Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: Schulkill Kaundi) is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 143,049. The county seat is Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Pottsville. The county is part of the Northeastern Pennsylvania, Northeast Pennsylvania region of the state. The county is part of the Pottsville micropolitan statistical area, and borders eight counties: Berks County, Pennsylvania, Berks and Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Lebanon counties to its south, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin and Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Northumberland counties to its west, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, Columbia and Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Luzerne counties to its north, and Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Carbon and Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh counties to its east. The county is approximately west of Allentown, Penn ...
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North Union Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
North Union Township is a township that is located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,409 at the time of the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 20.0 square miles (51.9 km), of which 20.0 square miles (51.8 km) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km) (0.20%) is water. Demographics At the time of the 2000 census, there were 1,225 people, 504 households, and 337 families living in the township. The population density was . There were 598 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 97.96% White, 0.57% Asian, 0.73% from other races, and 0.73% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.49%. Of the 504 households that were documented, 27.4% had children who were under the age of eighteen, 55.8% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.1% ...
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Nuremberg, Pennsylvania
Nuremberg is a census-designated place (CDP) that is located in Schuylkill and Luzerne counties, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 434 at the time of the 2010 census. History A post office has been in operation in Nuremberg since 1886. The community is served by Hazleton Area School District. Geography Nuremberg is located at (40.938375, -76.169506). The small farming community of Nuremberg is partially located in Black Creek Township (Luzerne County), as well as North Union Township (Schuylkill County). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics At the time of the 2000 census, there were 231 people, 103 households, and 57 families living in this CDP. The population density was . There were 108 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.27% White, and 1.73% Asian. There were 103 households, 23.3% of which had children under the age of eighteen; 41.7% were married ...
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Weston, Pennsylvania
Weston is a census-designated place (CDP) in Black Creek Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 321 at the 2010 census. Geography Weston is located at , in the southwest corner of Luzerne County. It is less than one mile east of the CDP of Nuremberg and approximately west of the city of Hazleton. According to the United States Census Bureau, Weston has a total area of , all land. Education The school district is the Hazleton Area School District Hazleton Area School District is a large, rural public school district in Pennsylvania, stretching across portions of Luzerne, Schuylkill, and Carbon Counties. Its headquarters are in Hazle Township. Students in grade nine through 12 attend H .... Text list/ref> References Census-designated places in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania {{LuzerneCountyPA-geo-stub ...
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Rock Glen, Pennsylvania
Rock Glen is an unincorporated community located in Black Creek Township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Rock Glen is located along Tomhicken Road and the Black Creek Black Creek may refer to: Communities In Canada * Black Creek, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island * A neighborhood in Fort Erie, Ontario * Black Creek, Toronto * Black Creek Pioneer Village, a historic site in Toronto In the United States * ..., west of Hazleton and south of Nescopeck. References {{authority control Unincorporated communities in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania ...
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Mountain Grove, Pennsylvania
Mountain Grove is an unincorporated area in Black Creek Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ..., United States. References Unincorporated communities in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{LuzerneCountyPA-geo-stub ...
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Nescopeck Creek
Nescopeck Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The creek is in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania. The meaning of the creek's name is "deep black waters". The waters of Nescopeck Creek have difficulty ratings between Class I and Class III. However, during parts of the year, Nescopeck Creek is impossible to navigate due to rapids, flooding, and tight bends. Nescopeck Creek is home to a number of species of trout, although the waters are not always optimal for them. Nescopeck Creek's water is acidic, with a pH as low as 3.6 in some studies. Much of the land in the Nescopeck Creek's watershed is forest. Farmland is common in the lower portions of the Nescopeck Creek watershed and the Little Nescopeck Creek watershed, while coal mines are more common on Nescopeck Creek's tributaries Black Creek, Stony Creek, and Cranberry ...
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