Wapwallopen
Wapwallopen is an unincorporated community in Conyngham Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is named for a Lenni Lenape settlement that was established where Big Wapwallopen Creek feeds into the Susquehanna River.Photo: Jakec, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Wapwallopen, PA” and “Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania”
- Postal code: 18660
Places of Interest
Highlights include Susquehanna Steam Electric Station.
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station
Power station
Photo: Jakec, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Susquehanna Steam Electric Station is a 2.5-gigawatt nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. Susquehanna produces 63 GWh per day at 2.4 c/kWh, partly to an adjacent data center campus. Susquehanna Steam Electric Station is situated 1½ miles northwest of Wapwallopen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beach Haven and Zenith.
Beach Haven
Hamlet
Beach Haven is an unincorporated community in Salem Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along the Susquehanna River and U.S. Route 11; it is 3.1 miles east of Berwick. Beach Haven is situated 2½ miles west of Wapwallopen.
Zenith
Hamlet
Zenith is an unincorporated community in Nescopeck Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Zenith is situated 4½ miles southwest of Wapwallopen.
Mocanaqua
Hamlet
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mocanaqua is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Conyngham Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 646 at the 2010 census. Mocanaqua is situated 4½ miles north of Wapwallopen.
Wapwallopen
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Conyngham Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.07453° or 41° 4′ 28″ northLongitude
-76.13076° or 76° 7′ 51″ westElevation
541 feet (165 metres)United Nations Location Code
US JWWOpen location code
87H53VF9+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 158408357OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5217943Wikidata ID
Q7968312
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In Other Languages
“Wapwallopen” goes by many names.
- French: “Wapwallopen”
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