Larksville
Larksville is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is 2 miles west of Wilkes Barre on the Susquehanna River. The population was 4,216 as of the 2020 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 4,500 residents
- Description: borough in central Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Blindtown”, “Larksville, PA”, and “Larksville, Pennsylvania”
- Neighbors: Wilkes-Barre
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shawnee Cemetery and Holy Redeemer High School.
Shawnee Cemetery
Cemetery
Shawnee Cemetery in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, located on 13.5 acres on a hillside overlooking Wyoming Valley, was established by the Shawnee Cemetery Association, and chartered on September 5, 1873. Shawnee Cemetery is situated 1½ miles west of Larksville.
Holy Redeemer High School
School
Holy Redeemer High School is a high school of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton. It is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States. It is currently the only Catholic high school in Luzerne County. Holy Redeemer High School is situated 2½ miles east of Larksville.
Kingston Armory
Building
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
The Kingston Armory is an historic National Guard armory that is located in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Kingston Armory is situated 2 miles east of Larksville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Breslau and Edwardsville.
Breslau
Hamlet
Breslau is an unincorporated community in Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, located along the south side of the Susquehanna River. It was given the German name of the Polish city of Wrocław.
Edwardsville
Village
Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Edwardsville is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,918 at the 2020 census. Edwardsville is situated 2 miles northeast of Larksville.
Korn Krest
Hamlet
Korn Krest is a village in Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Wyoming Valley between Wilkes-Barre and Nanticoke on the south side of the Sans Souci Parkway, which is a main thoroughfare connecting the two cities and… Korn Krest is situated 2 miles southwest of Larksville.
Larksville
- Categories: borough of Pennsylvania and locality
- Location: Borough of Larksville, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.24508° or 41° 14′ 42″ northLongitude
-75.93075° or 75° 55′ 51″ westPopulation
4,500Elevation
548 feet (167 metres)Open location code
87H663W9+2MOpenStreetMap ID
node 158619204OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
5197190Wikidata ID
Q1181138
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Larksville” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Larksville, Pennsylvania”
- Asturian: “Larksville”
- Basque: “Larksville”
- Catalan: “Larksville”
- Cebuano: “Larksville”
- Chechen: “Ларксвилл”
- Chinese: “Larksville”
- Dutch: “Larksville”
- French: “Larksville”
- German: “Larksville”
- Gilaki: “لارکسویل (پنسيلوانيا)”
- Gilaki: “لارکسویل”
- Haitian: “Larksville, Pennsilvani”
- Haitian: “Larksville”
- Italian: “Larksville”
- Japanese: “ラークスヴィル”
- Ladin: “Larksville”
- Malagasy: “Larksville, Pennsylvania”
- Malagasy: “Larksville”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Larksville”
- Portuguese: “Larksville”
- Serbian: “Ларквил”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Larksville, Pennsylvania”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Larksville”
- Spanish: “Larksville (Pensilvania)”
- Spanish: “Larksville”
- Tatar: “Ларксвилл”
- Ukrainian: “Ларксвілл”
- Urdu: “لارکسولے، پینسلوانیا”
- Uzbek: “Larksville”
- Uzbek: “Ларксвилле”
- Vietnamese: “Larksville, Pennsylvania”
- Vietnamese: “Larksville”
- Volapük: “Larksville”
- Welsh: “Larksville, Pennsylvania”
- Welsh: “Larksville”
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