Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania

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Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania
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Wapwallopen
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Wapwallopen
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 41°04′28″N76°7′51″W / 41.07444°N 76.13083°W / 41.07444; -76.13083
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Luzerne
Township Conyngham
Elevation
541 ft (165 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST)
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ZIP code
18660
Area code 570
GNIS feature ID1193606 [1]

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. The name derives from Lenape òphalahpink 'place of white wild hemp'. [2] [3] [4]

Pennsylvania Route 239 passes through the settlement.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wapwallopen
  2. A History of the Wapwallopen Region. Wapwallopen Historical Society. 1964. p. 18. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  3. "òpi". Lenape Talking Dictionary. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  4. "halahpis". Lenape Talking Dictionary. Retrieved June 3, 2019.