Event Detail

Summary

Type	Method	Description	Successful?
County Classification	Sovereign	Wyoming County 8th to 7th	yes

Dates

Event Year(s)	Final Decree Date	Effective Date	How Effective Date Determined
1981–1982		Jan 1, 1982	Certification - January 1 after Date Granted by Governor

Affected Government

From Municipality	From County	From State	To Municipality	To County	To State
Meshoppen, Township of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Meshoppen, Township of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Meshoppen, Borough of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Meshoppen, Borough of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Mehoopany, Township of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Mehoopany, Township of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
North Branch, Township of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	North Branch, Township of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Factoryville, Borough of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Factoryville, Borough of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Clinton, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Clinton, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Nicholson, Borough of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Nicholson, Borough of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Falls, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Falls, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Forkston, Township of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Forkston, Township of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Monroe, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Monroe, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Laceyville, Borough of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Laceyville, Borough of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Overfield, Township of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Overfield, Township of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Lemon, Township of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Lemon, Township of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Exeter, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Exeter, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Windham, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Windham, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Noxen, Township of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Noxen, Township of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Tunkhannock, Borough of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Tunkhannock, Borough of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Nicholson, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Nicholson, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Tunkhannock, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Tunkhannock, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Washington, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Washington, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Northmoreland, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Northmoreland, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Eaton, Township of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Eaton, Township of Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part
Braintrim, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part	Braintrim, Township of (Wyoming) Whole	Wyoming County Whole	PA Part

Affected Government Form

Government	Government Form
Wyoming, County of	County, 7th Class

Current Government

Municipality	County	State
Braintrim, Township of (Wyoming)	Wyoming County	PA
Clinton, Township of (Wyoming)	Wyoming County	PA
Eaton, Township of	Wyoming County	PA
Exeter, Township of (Wyoming)	Wyoming County	PA
Factoryville, Borough of	Wyoming County	PA
Falls, Township of (Wyoming)	Wyoming County	PA
Forkston, Township of	Wyoming County	PA
Laceyville, Borough of	Wyoming County	PA
Lemon, Township of	Wyoming County	PA
Mehoopany, Township of	Wyoming County	PA
Meshoppen, Borough of	Wyoming County	PA
Meshoppen, Township of	Wyoming County	PA
Monroe, Township of (Wyoming)	Wyoming County	PA
Nicholson, Borough of	Wyoming County	PA
Nicholson, Township of (Wyoming)	Wyoming County	PA
North Branch, Township of	Wyoming County	PA
Northmoreland, Township of (Wyoming)	Wyoming County	PA
Noxen, Township of	Wyoming County	PA
Overfield, Township of	Wyoming County	PA
Tunkhannock, Borough of	Wyoming County	PA
Tunkhannock, Township of (Wyoming)	Wyoming County	PA
Washington, Township of (Wyoming)	Wyoming County	PA
Windham, Township of (Wyoming)	Wyoming County	PA

Law

Detail	Citation	Relationship
View	Act of August 9, 1955 (Pa. Laws 323, No. 130), §§ 210–211	indirect
View	Act of August 22, 1961 (Pa. Laws 1048, No. 478), § 1	indirect
View	Act of October 20, 1967 (Pa. Laws 470, No. 223), §§ 1–3	indirect
View	Act of September 9, 1971 (Pa. Laws 458, No. 107), §§ 1–3	indirect

Government Action

Detail	Government	Action	Date	Approved	Effective	Location
	Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of	Certification: [Classifying Wyoming County as a seventh class county]	Oct 1, 1981

Source

Detail	Source	Title	Person(s)	Vol.	Page(s)	Date 1	Date 2
View	Pa. Dep't St. Cns. Cls. F. (St.Arc. 26.144)	EM/Census: 1980 County Classification Changes