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Summary for Wilkes-BarreAbout Wilkes-Barre (Click for our profile page) Located in: Luzerne County (see below) Time Zone: Wilkes-Barre lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) Telephone Area Code: (570) Elevation: 520 feet [158.5 m] above sea level<1> From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Wilkes-Barre) Population
Total Area:<3> 7.31 sq. miles [18.9 km²] - of which 4.5% is water (0.33 sq. miles [0.9 km²]) Housing Units:<4> 19,595 Websites for Wilkes-Barre Official Website: www.wilkes-barre.pa.us/ Chamber of Commerce: www.wilkes-barre.org/ GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<5> For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Wilkes-Barre: Lat: 41.245400° (or 41°14'43" N) Lon: -75.881300° (or -75°52'52" W) USGS Topo Map: Wilkes-Barre West<6> Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Wilkes-Barre GNIS ID: 1215416 FIPS State / Place Code: 42 / 85152 (For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Wilkes-Barre) About Luzerne County The city of Wilkes-Barre is the County Seat for Luzerne County. From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Luzerne) Population
Total Area: 906 sq. miles [2,347.2 km²] - of which 1.76% is water (15.93 sq. miles [41.3 km²]) Housing Units: 148,748 Official Website: www.luzernecounty.org/ Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Luzerne GNIS ID: 1209183 FIPS State / County Code: 42 / 079 (For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Wilkes-Barre) About Pennsylvania From the US Census Population
Websites for State of Pennsylvania Official Website: https://www.pa.gov/ Tourism: https://visitpa.com/ Parks: https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/ Fishing: https://www.fishandboat.com/ Hunting: https://www.pgc.pa.gov/ Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of Pennsylvania GNIS ID: 1779798 FIPS State: 42 (For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Wilkes-Barre) Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Wilkes-Barre: www.wilkes-barre.pa.us/ The official website for Luzerne County: www.luzernecounty.org/ The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/ Footnotes ... |
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