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Wilkes-Barre ( / ˈwɪlksbɛər / WILKS-bair or /- bɛəri / -bair-ee) is a city in and the county seat of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census. It is the second-largest city, after Scranton, in the Scranton ...
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Wilkes-Barre is a city in and the county seat of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census.
Wilkes-Barre, city, seat (1786) of Luzerne county, northeastern Pennsylvania, U.S. It lies in the Wyoming Valley and along the Susquehanna River, 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Scranton. Wilkes-Barre is the hub of a metropolitan district embracing more than 30 contiguous municipalities.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Learn about the history of Wilkes-Barre, the Wyoming Valley's largest city, from its settlement in 1769 to its industrial and economic rise in the 19th century. Explore the local contributions to American history, such as constitutional history, labor history, ethnic history, and more.
YearEvent2009Restored River Common opens1999Grand opening of The Arena, ...1991Hazleton’s Jack Palance wins Oscar for ...1972Hurricane Agnes floods Wilkes-Barre and ...Wilkes-Barre, the “Diamond City,” was laid out in 1770 by Connecticut settlers in typical New England fashion, with the focus on two public spaces: common land along the riverfront (known today as the River Common), and a central civic square (known today as Public Square) that was set into the grid on the diagonal (like a diamond).
