Government Detail

Summary

Name Level Type/Class Home Rule?
Luzerne, County of county County (Class: 3) yes

Detail

Census Creation Date Created Boundary Alteration Count Dissolved
Sep 25, 1786 8

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Related

Name Relationship Status
Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Parent current
Abington, Township of (Luzerne, defunct) Child most recent
Archbald, Borough of Child former
Ashley, Borough of Child current
Athens, Township of (Bradford) Child former
Avoca, Borough of Child current
Beach Haven, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Bear Creek Village, Borough of Child current
Bear Creek, Township of Child current
Bedford, Township of (Luzerne, proposed) Child proposed
Bellevue, Borough of (Luzerne, proposed) Child proposed
Benton, Township of (Lackawanna) Child former
Berwick, Borough of (Columbia) Child former
Black Creek, Township of Child current
Blakely, Borough of Child former
Blakely, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Braintrim, Township of (Susquehanna, defunct) Child former
Braintrim, Township of (Wyoming) Child former
Bridgewater, Township of (Luzerne, defunct) Child most recent
Bridgewater, Township of (Susquehanna) Child former
Buck, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Burlington, Township of (Luzerne, defunct) Child most recent
Butler, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Canton, Township of (Bradford) Child former
Carbondale, City of Child former
Carbondale, Township of Child former
Clifford, Township of Child former
Clifton, Township of Child former
Conyngham, Borough of Child current
Conyngham, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Council Crest, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Courtdale, Borough of Child current
Covington, Township of (Lackawanna) Child former
Dallas, Borough of Child current
Dallas, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Denison, Township of (alternate) Child variant
Dennison, Township of Child current
Dickson City, Borough of Child former
Dorrance, Township of Child current
Dorranceton, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Dorranceton, Township of (alternate) Child variant
Dorrancetown, Township of (alternate) Child variant
Drinker, Township of (proposed) Child proposed
Dunmore, Borough of Child former
Dupont, Borough of Child current
Duryea, Borough of Child current
Eaton, Township of Child former
Edwards, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Edwardsville, Borough of Child current
Exeter, Borough of Child current
Exeter, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Fairmount, Township of Child current
Fairview, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Falls, Township of (Luzerne, defunct) Child most recent
Fell, Township of Child former
Forty Fort, Borough of Child current
Foster, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Franklin, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Freeland, Borough of Child current
Gibsonburg, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Glenburn, Borough of (defunct) Child former
Gouldsboro, Borough of (defunct) Child former
Greenfield, Township of (Lackawanna) Child former
Groveland, Township of (proposed) Child proposed
Hamburgh, Township of (proposed) Child proposed
Hanover, Borough of (Luzerne, proposed) Child proposed
Hanover, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Harford, Township of Child former
Harmony, Township of (Susquehanna) Child former
Harveys Lake, Borough of Child current
Hazel, Township of (alternate) Child variant
Hazle, Township of Child current
Hazleton, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Hazleton, City of Child current
Heidelberg, Borough of (Luzerne, proposed) Child proposed
Hollenback, Township of Child current
Hosack, Township of (proposed) Child proposed
Hudson, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Hughestown, Borough of Child current
Hunlock, Township of Child current
Huntington, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Huntsville, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Hyde Park, Borough of (Luzerne, defunct) Child most recent
Jackson, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Jeddo, Borough of Child current
Jefferson, Township of (Lackawanna) Child former
Jenkins, Township of Child current
Jermyn, Borough of Child former
Kingston, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Kingston, Municipality of Child current
Kingston, Township of Child current
Lackawanna, Township of (defunct) Child former
Lackawannock, Township of (Luzerne, defunct) Child most recent
Laflin, Borough of Child current
Lake, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Larksville, Borough of Child current
Laurel Run, Borough of Child current
Lawsville, Township of (defunct) Child former
Lee, Township of (proposed) Child proposed
Lehman Centre, Place of (unincorporated) Child unincorporated
Lehman, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Lehman, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Luzerne, Borough of Child current
Madison, Township of (Lackawanna) Child former
Malty, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Marcy, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
McKinley, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Miners Mills, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Mocanaqua, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Monroe, Township of (Wyoming) Child former
Mount Zion, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Nanticoke, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Nanticoke, City of Child current
Nescopeck, Borough of Child current
Nescopeck, Township of Child current
New Columbus, Borough of Child current
New Milford, Township of Child former
Newport, Township of Child current
Newton, Township of (Lackawanna) Child former
Nicholson, Township of (Susquehanna, defunct) Child former
Nicholson, Township of (Wyoming) Child former
North Abington, Township of Child former
North Exeter, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Northmoreland, Township of (Luzerne, defunct) Child most recent
Nuangola, Borough of Child current
Old Forge, Township of (Luzerne, defunct) Child most recent
Olyphant, Borough of Child former
Orwell, Township of Child former
Parsons, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Penn Lake Park, Borough of Child current
Pittston, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Pittston, City of Child current
Pittston, Township of Child current
Plains, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Plains, Township of Child current
Pleasant Valley, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Plymouth, Borough of Child current
Plymouth, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Pringle, Borough of Child current
Pringle, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Pringleville, Place of (unincorporated) Child unincorporated
Providence, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Providence, Township of (Luzerne, defunct) Child most recent
Ransom, Township of (Luzerne, defunct) Child most recent
Rice, Township of Child current
Roaring Brook, Township of Child former
Ross, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Rush, Township of (Bradford, defunct) Child former
Rush, Township of (Susquehanna) Child former
Salem, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Scott, Township of (Lackawanna) Child former
Scranton, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Scranton, City of Child former
Shickshinny, Borough of Child current
Slocum, Township of Child current
South Abington, Township of Child former
South Wilkes-Barre, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Spring Brook, Township of Child former
Stockfield, Township of (proposed) Child proposed
Sugar Loaf, Township of (Luzerne, alternate) Child variant
Sugar Notch, Borough of Child current
Sugarloaf, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Swoyersville, Borough of Child current
Tioga, Township of (Bradford, defunct) Child former
Towanda, Township of (defunct) Child former
Tunkhannock, Borough of Child former
Tunkhannock, Township of (Wyoming) Child former
Ulster, Township of Child former
Union, Township of (Luzerne) Child current
Wapwallopen, Township of (proposed) Child proposed
Warrior Run, Borough of Child current
Washington, Township of (Wyoming) Child former
Waverly, Borough of (defunct) Child former
West Hazleton, Borough of Child current
West Pittston, Borough of Child current
West Wyoming, Borough of Child current
White Haven, Borough of Child current
Wilkes-Barre, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Wilkes-Barre, City of Child current
Wilkes-Barre, Township of Child current
Wilkesbarre, Borough of (alternate) Child variant
Wilkesbarre, City of (alternate) Child variant
Wilkesbarre, Township of (alternate) Child variant
Willingborough, Township of (defunct) Child former
Windham, Township of (Wyoming) Child former
Winton, Borough of (defunct) Child former
Woodward, Township of (Luzerne, proposed) Child proposed
Wright, Township of Child current
Wyalusing, Township of Child former
Wyoming, Borough of Child current
Wyoming, Township of (Luzerne, proposed) Child proposed
Wysox, Township of Child former
Yates, Borough of (alternate) Child variant
Yatesville, Borough of Child current

Identifier

Detail Type Source Identifier Relationship Web Link
View census US Census Bureau FIPS: County 42079 Lead
View geologic USGS GNIS: Civil 1209183 Lead View
View other Wikidata Q501292 Lead View
View state Pennsylvania DCED: County 40 Lead

Affected Government

Detail How Affected Adverse Government How Adverse Affected Date
View Creation Northumberland, County of Reduction Sep 25, 1786
View Swap Northumberland, County of Swap Dec 27, 1786
View Swap Northumberland, County of Swap Sep 29, 1787
View Swap Northampton, County of Swap Apr 17, 1795
View Swap Lycoming, County of Swap 1801–1802
View Reduction Lycoming, County of Expansion Apr 2, 1804
View Expansion Northumberland, County of Reduction Mar 28, 1808
View Part Ontario, County of (defunct) Creation (Within) Feb 21, 1810
View Part Susquehanna, County of Creation (Within) Feb 21, 1810
View Part Ontario, County of (defunct) Reduction (Within) Mar 28, 1811
View Part Bradford, County of New Name (Within) Mar 24, 1812
View Part Ontario, County of (defunct) Old Name (Within) Mar 24, 1812
View Reduction Bradford, County of Separation Oct 13, 1812
View Reduction Susquehanna, County of Separation Oct 13, 1812
View Expansion Columbia, County of Reduction Feb 21, 1815
View Expansion Lycoming, County of Reduction Feb 21, 1815
View Reduction Schuylkill, County of Expansion Mar 3, 1818
View Reduction Wyoming, County of Creation May 1, 1843
View Ascertainment Carbon, County of Ascertainment 1851–1856
View Reduction Carbon, County of Expansion 1856
View Ascertainment Columbia, County of Ascertainment 1860
View Ascertainment Columbia, County of Ascertainment 1861–1862
View Reduction Lackawanna, County of Creation Aug 21, 1878

Affected Government Form

Detail Government Form Date
View County Sep 25, 1786
View County, 3rd Class Jul 10, 1919
View County, 3rd Class (Home Rule Charter) Jan 2, 2012

Other Successful Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View Tribal Land Cession Pennsylvania 1768 Tribal Land Cession yes+ 1768
View New Township Luzerne County 1790 Township Division yes+ Mar 1790
View New Township Willingborough Township 1791 Creation yes+ 1791
View New Township Nescopeck Township 1792 Creation yes+ 1792
View New Township Pittston Township-Providence Township 1792 Creation yes+ Aug 1792
View New Township Huntington Township 1793 Creation yes+ 1793
View Boundary Realignment Willingborough Township 1793 Boundary Realignment yes* 1793
View New Township Wysox Township 1795 Creation yes+ Apr 1795
View New Township Nicholson Township 1795 Creation yes+ 1795
View New Township Athens Township-Ulster Township 1797 Creation yes+ 1797
View New Township Lawsville Township 1798 Creation yes* Jan 1798
View New Township Braintrim Township 1799 Creation yes+ 1799
View New Township Mount Zion Township 1801 Creation yes+ Nov 1801
View New Township Rush Township 1801 Creation yes* Nov 1801
View New Township Burlington Township 1802 Creation yes* Jan 1802
View New Name Orwell Township 1802 Creation yes* Apr 1802
View New Name Canton Township 1804 Creation yes* Aug 1804
View New Township Northmoreland Township 1804 Creation yes+ 1804
View New Township Clifford Township 1806 Creation yes* Apr 1806
View New Borough Wilkes-Barre Borough 1806 Creation yes May 6, 1806
View New Township Abington Township 1806 Creation yes* Aug 1806
View Annexation Lawsville Township 1806 Annexation yes* Aug 1806
View New Township Bridgewater Township 1806 Creation yes* Nov 1806
View New Township New Milford Township 1807 Creation yes* Aug 1807
View New Township Harford Township 1808 Creation yes* Jan 1808
View New Township Towanda Township 1808 Creation yes* Jan 1808
View New Township Sugarloaf Township 1809 Creation yes* Apr 1809
View New Township Harmony Township 1810 Creation yes* Jan 1810
View New Township Union Township 1813 Creation yes* Dec 28, 1813
View New Township Windham Township 1814 Creation yes* Oct 1814
View Annexation Abington Township-Nicholson Township 1814 Annexation yes* Nov 3, 1814
View Annexation Exeter Township-Northmoreland Township 1816 Annexation yes* Jan 1816
View New Township Greenfield Township 1816 Creation yes* Jan 1816
View Dissolution Bridgewater Township-Tunkhannock Township 1816 Merger yes* Nov 6, 1816
View New Township Dallas Township 1817 Creation yes* Apr 1817
View New Township Eaton Township 1817 Creation yes* Apr 1817
View New Township Covington Township 1818 Creation yes* Jan 1818
View New Township Blakely Township 1818 Creation yes* Apr 1818
View New Borough Berwick Borough 1818 Creation yes Apr 7, 1818
View Annexation Berwick Borough-Salem Township 1819 Annexation yes* 1819
View Annexation Providence Township-Pittston Township 1820 Annexation yes* Jan 4, 1820
View Boundary Realignment Dallas Township-Huntington Township to Union Township 1821 Boundary Realignment yes* Jan 3, 1821
View New Township Falls Township 1824 Creation yes* Jan 1824
View Boundary Realignment Falls Township-Tunkhannock Township 1829 Boundary Realignment yes* 1829
View New Township Lehman Township (Luzerne) 1829 Creation yes* 1829
View New Township Carbondale Township 1831 Creation yes* Apr 4, 1831
View New Township Monroe Township 1832 Creation yes* Jan 1832
View New Township Washington Township 1832 Creation yes* Aug 9, 1832
View New Township Buck Township 1833 Creation yes* 1833
View New Township Fairmount Township 1834 Creation yes* Apr 1834
View New Township Jefferson Township 1836 Creation yes+ Apr 1836
View Separation Wilkes-Barre Borough 1838 Separation yes* 1838
View New Township Benton Township 1839 Creation yes* Jan 11, 1839
View New Township Lackawanna Township 1839 Creation yes* Jan 11, 1839
View New Township Butler Township 1839 Creation yes* 1839
View New Township Dennison Township 1839 Creation yes* Nov 1839
View New Township Hazle Township 1839 Creation yes* 1839
View New Township Dorrance Township 1840 Creation yes* Nov 1840
View New Borough Tunkhannock Borough 1841 Creation yes Aug 6, 1841
View New Township Lake Township 1841 Creation yes* Nov 1841
View New Township Ross Township 1842 Creation yes* Jan 1842
View Annexation Union Township-Fairmount Township Reconstructed 1834-1842 Annexation yes? 1834–1842
View New Borough White Haven Borough 1842 Creation yes Jul 11, 1842
View Boundary Realignment Denison Township-Hanover Township 1843 Boundary Ascertainment yes* Apr 1843
View New Township Franklin Township (Luzerne) 1843 Creation yes* Apr 1843
View New Name Newton Township 1844 Creation yes* Jan 1844
View New Township Jackson Township (Luzerne) 1845 Creation yes* Jan 18, 1845
View New Township Hollenback Township 1845 Creation yes* Aug 1845
View New Township Fell Township 1846 Creation yes* Jan 1846
View Annexation Wilkes-Barre Township-Wilkes-Barre Borough 1846 Annexation yes* 1846
View Boundary Realignment Butler Township-Hazle Township 1846 Boundary Ascertainment yes* Apr 1846
View New Township Scott Township 1846 Creation yes* Aug 1846
View Annexation Wilkes-Barre Borough-Wilkes-Barre Township 1847 Annexation yes* 1847
View New Township Black Creek Township 1848 Creation yes* Aug 8, 1848
View Annexation Exeter Township-Kingston Township to Franklin Township 1848 Annexation yes* Aug 11, 1848
View Annexation Wilkes-Barre Borough-Wilkes-Barre Township 1849 Annexation yes* 1849
View Annexation Lake Township-Lehman Township 1849 Annexation yes Apr 10, 1849
View New Borough Providence Borough 1849 Creation yes Apr 10, 1849
View New Township Madison Township 1849 Creation yes* Aug 7, 1849
View Annexation Salem Township-Huntington Township 1849 Annexation yes* Aug 10, 1849
View New Township Ransom Township 1849 Creation yes* Aug 20, 1849
View New City Carbondale City 1851 Creation yes Mar 15, 1851
View New Township Wright Township 1851 Creation yes* Apr 12, 1851
View New Township Plains Township 1851 Creation yes* Nov 10, 1851
View Annexation Carbondale City-Carbondale Township 1852 Annexation yes* 1852
View New Township Jenkins Township 1852 Creation yes* Jun 24, 1852
View Annexation Providence Township-Lackawanna Township 1853 Annexation yes* 1853
View New Borough Hyde Park Borough 1853 Creation yes Feb 1, 1853
View New Borough Pittston Borough 1853 Creation yes* Apr 11, 1853
View New Township Spring Brook Township 1853 Creation yes* Nov 22, 1853
View New Borough Waverly Borough 1854 Creation yes* Jan 10, 1854
View General Law Providence Borough 1854 General Law yes Apr 21, 1854
View New Township Slocum Township 1854 Creation yes* Aug 14, 1854
View General Law Wilkes-Barre Borough 1855 Partial General Law yes* Apr 14, 1855
View New Township Foster Township (Luzerne) 1855 Creation yes* Nov 15, 1855
View New Borough Scranton Borough 1856 Creation yes Mar 21, 1856
View New Township Bear Creek Township 1856 Creation yes* Apr 7, 1856
View Boundary Realignment Butler Township-Hazle Township to Dennison Township-Foster Township 1857 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1857
View New Borough Hazleton Borough 1857 Creation yes Jan 5, 1857
View New Borough Kingston Borough 1857 Creation yes Dec 10, 1857
View New Borough West Pittston Borough 1857 Creation yes Dec 16, 1857
View General Law Hyde Park Borough 1858 Partial General Law yes* 1858
View General Law Waverly Borough 1858 General Law yes* 1858
View New Borough New Columbus Borough 1859 Creation yes Apr 11, 1859
View Boundary Realignment Salem Township-Union Township 1860 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1860
View Annexation Butler Township-Hazle Township 1861 Annexation yes* 1861
View Boundary Realignment New Columbus Borough 1861 Boundary Realignment yes May 1, 1861
View New Borough Shickshinny Borough 1861 Creation yes Dec 5, 1861
View Boundary Realignment Hazle Township-Sugarloaf Township 1862 Boundary Realignment yes* 1862
View Annexation Pittston Township-Lackawanna Township 1862 Annexation yes Apr 8, 1862
View New Borough Dunmore Borough 1862 Creation yes Apr 10, 1862
View Charter Amendment New Columbus Borough 1864 Charter Amendment yes Mar 25, 1864
View New City Scranton City 1866 Creation yes Apr 23, 1866
View New Borough Plymouth Borough 1866 Creation yes Apr 27, 1866
View New Borough Blakely Borough 1867 Creation yes Sep 20, 1867
View New Township North Abington Township-South Abington Township 1867 Creation yes* Nov 25, 1867
View Annexation Wilkes-Barre Borough 1860 Ordinance yes* 1860–1868
View New Borough Sugar Notch Borough 1868 Creation yes Feb 14, 1868
View Boundary Realignment Black Creek Township-Nescopeck Township 1869 Boundary Realignment yes* 1868–1869
View Annexation Hazleton Borough 1869 Ordinance yes* 1869
View Annexation Pittston Township-Ransom Township 1869 Annexation yes* 1868–1869
View Boundary Realignment Blakely Township-Carbondale Township 1870 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1867–1870
View Annexation Wilkes-Barre Borough Ordinance of May 1870 yes* 1870
View Annexation Wilkes-Barre Borough Ordinance of October 1870 yes* 1870
View New Borough Gibsonburg Borough 1870 Creation yes* Jan 3, 1870
View New Borough Ashley Borough 1870 Creation yes Dec 5, 1870
View New City Wilkes-Barre City 1871 Creation yes* May 4, 1871
View New Borough Gouldsboro Borough 1871 Creation yes May 12, 1871
View New Borough Pleasant Valley Borough 1871 Creation yes May 24, 1871
View New Township Roaring Brook Township 1871 Creation yes May 24, 1871
View New Township Old Forge Township 1871 Creation yes May 26, 1871
View New Borough Jeddo Borough 1871 Creation yes Oct 30, 1871
View Boundary Realignment Carbondale Township-Fell Township 1872 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1872
View Annexation Gibsonburg Borough 1872 Ordinance yes? 1872
View Boundary Realignment Hollenback Township-Sugarloaf Township 1872 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1872
View Boundary Realignment Wilkes-Barre Township-Wilkes-Barre City 1872 Boundary Realignment yes Apr 2, 1872
View Annexation Union Township-Shickshinny Borough Reconstructed 1864-1873 Annexation yes? 1864–1873
View Annexation Dunmore Borough-Scranton City 1874 Annexation yes* 1874
View Charter Amendment (Executive) West Pittston Borough 1874 Charter Amendment (Burgess) yes* 1874
View New Name Jermyn Borough 1874 Creation yes Jan 21, 1874
View New Borough Nanticoke Borough 1874 Creation yes Jan 31, 1874
View City Classification Pennsylvania 1874 City Classification yes May 23, 1874
View General Law White Haven Borough 1874 General Law yes Jun 6, 1874
View New Township Conyngham Township 1875 Creation yes* Jun 7, 1875
View New Borough Dickson City Borough 1875 Creation yes Sep 14, 1875
View New Township Clifton Township 1875 Creation yes* Dec 14, 1875
View New Borough Parsons Borough 1876 Creation yes Jan 17, 1876
View New Borough Freeland Borough 1876 Creation yes Sep 14, 1876
View New Borough Winton Borough 1877 Creation yes Feb 1, 1877
View New Borough Archbald Borough 1877 Creation yes Feb 2, 1877
View Dissolution Blakely Township-Blakely Borough 1877 Merger yes Feb 2, 1877
View New Borough Olyphant Borough 1877 Creation yes Feb 2, 1877
View General Law Scranton City 1877 General Law yes Apr 4, 1877
View New Township Hunlock Township 1877 Creation yes* Apr 20, 1877
View New Borough Glenburn Borough 1877 Creation yes Sep 3, 1877
View New Borough Yatesville Borough 1878 Creation yes Jun 1, 1878
View Boundary Realignment Plymouth Township-Plymouth Borough 1878 Boundary Realignment yes Nov 19, 1878
View Boundary Realignment Scott Township-Blakely Borough-Dickson City Borough-Archbald Borough 1878 Boundary Realignment yes Dec 6, 1878
View School District Annexation North Abington Township-South Abington Township to Waverly Borough 1879 School District Annexation yes* 1877–1879
View New Borough Hughestown Borough 1879 Creation yes Apr 9, 1879
View New Borough Dallas Borough 1879 Creation yes Apr 21, 1879
View New Township Marcy Township 1880 Creation yes* Jan 19, 1880
View Boundary Realignment Dallas Township-Lake Township 1882 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1881–1882
View Boundary Realignment Ross Township-Union Township 1882 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1882
View New School District Wright Township 1882 Independent School District yes* 1882
View New Borough Laurel Run Borough 1882 Creation yes Jan 28, 1882
View New Borough Luzerne Borough 1882 Creation yes Sep 25, 1882
View New School District Fairmount Township 1883 Independent School District yes* 1883
View Boundary Realignment Fairmount Township-Ross Township 1883 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1882–1883
View Annexation Hazle Township-Hazleton Borough 1883 Annexation yes* Sep 17, 1883
View New Borough Miners Mills Borough 1883 Creation yes Dec 3, 1883
View New Borough Exeter Borough 1884 Creation yes* Feb 8, 1884
View New Borough Edwardsville Borough 1884 Creation yes Jun 16, 1884
View Annexation Pittston Borough 1884 Ordinance yes* 1884–1885
View Annexation Salem Township-Huntington Township 1885 Annexation yes* 1884–1885
View Boundary Realignment Wilkes-Barre City 1880s Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1885
View New Borough Wyoming Borough 1885 Creation yes Jun 20, 1885
View New School District Nescopeck Township 1885 Independent School District yes* 1885–1886
View Boundary Realignment Conyngham Township-Hollenback Township 1887 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1886–1887
View New Borough Forty Fort Borough 1887 Creation yes Jan 31, 1887
View Annexation Kingston Township-Wyoming Borough 1887 Annexation yes Feb 5, 1887
View New Borough Dorranceton Borough 1887 Creation yes Jul 6, 1887
View Charter Amendment Pleasant Valley Borough 1887 Charter Amendment yes Jul 7, 1887
View Charter Amendment Sugar Notch Borough 1887 Charter Amendment yes Oct 3, 1887
View New Borough West Hazleton Borough 1888 Creation yes Jan 3, 1888
View Annexation Hazle Township-Hazleton Borough 1888 Annexation yes* Sep 24, 1888
View New Township Fairview Township 1889 Creation yes May 6, 1889
View General Law Avoca Borough 1889 Creation yes* Jun 20, 1889
View New Borough Laflin Borough 1889 Creation yes Jun 20, 1889
View Annexation Kingston Township-Luzerne Borough 1889 Annexation yes* Nov 13, 1889
View Charter Amendment Sugar Notch Borough 1889 Charter Amendment yes* 1889–1890
View School District Dissolution Wilkes-Barre City 1890 School District Consolidation yes* 1890
View Annexation Plymouth Township-Edwardsville 1890 Annexation yes* Jan 27, 1890
View New School District Huntington Township 1891 Independent School District yes* 1890–1891
View Boundary Realignment Lake Township-Ross Township 1892 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1891–1892
View New City Hazleton City 1892 Creation yes Apr 4, 1892
View Annexation Kingston Township-Kingston Borough 1893 Annexation yes* 1892–1893
View Annexation Edwardsville Borough 1893 Ordinance yes Dec 6, 1893
View Boundary Realignment Dallas Borough-Lehman Township 1894 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1893–1894
View Annexation Foster Township-Freeland Borough 1894 Annexation yes Aug 23, 1894
View Boundary Realignment Wilkes-Barre City 1890s Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1893–1895
View New Borough Warrior Run Borough 1895 Creation yes Jan 25, 1895
View New City Pittston City 1895 Creation yes Apr 1, 1895
View Annexation Plymouth Borough 1893 Ordinance yes May 2, 1895
View Annexation Hazle Township-West Hazleton Borough 1895 Annexation yes* Oct 7, 1895
View Annexation Franklin Township-Dallas Township 1896 Annexation yes* 1895–1896
View New Borough Nescopeck Borough 1896 Creation yes Jan 28, 1896
View Annexation Foster Township-Freeland Borough 1897 Annexation yes Jan 25, 1897
View New Borough Courtdale Borough 1897 Creation yes Sep 6, 1897
View Boundary Realignment Dorranceton Borough-Kingston Borough 1898 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1898
View Annexation Hanover Township-Ashley Borough 1898 Annexation yes Jun 17, 1898
View New Borough West Wyoming Borough 1898 Creation yes Jun 23, 1898
View General Law Wilkes-Barre City 1898 General Law yes Sep 22, 1898
View Township Classification Pennsylvania 1899 Township Classification yes Apr 28, 1899
View New Borough Swoyersville Borough 1899 Creation yes* Dec 12, 1899
View First Class Township Marcy Township 1900 1st Class yes Mar 5, 1900
View First Class Township Newport Township 1900 1st Class yes Mar 5, 1900
View First Class Township Plains Township 1900 1st Class yes Mar 5, 1900
View First Class Township Plymouth Township 1900 1st Class yes Mar 5, 1900
View First Class Township Wilkes-Barre Township 1900 1st Class yes Mar 5, 1900
View Boundary Realignment Dallas Borough-Dallas Township 1900 Boundary Ascertainment yes Jun 30, 1900
View Annexation Hazleton City Ordinance 307 yes* 1901
View Annexation Miners Mills Borough 1900 Ordinance yes* 1900–1901
View New Borough Duryea Borough 1901 Creation yes Apr 15, 1901
View New Borough Conyngham Borough 1901 Creation yes Nov 7, 1901
View Annexation Edwardsville Borough 1901 Ordinance yes* 1901–1902
View Annexation Kingston Borough 1902 Ordinance yes* 1902
View Annexation Laflin Borough 1903 Ordinance yes Jun 15, 1903
View Boundary Realignment Newton Township-Ransom Township 1904 Boundary Ascertainment yes Feb 13, 1904
View Annexation Edwardsville Borough 1904 Ordinance yes May 11, 1904
View Annexation Parsons Borough 1905 Ordinance yes* 1905
View School District Annexation Lake Township-Ross Township 1906 School District Annexation yes* 1905–1906
View Boundary Realignment Lehman Township-Plymouth Township 1906 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1905–1906
View New Township Pringle Township 1906 Creation yes Mar 5, 1906
View Annexation Wilkes-Barre City Common Ordinance 6, 1907 yes Nov 29, 1907
View New Borough Nuangola Borough 1908 Creation yes Nov 17, 1908
View Annexation Wilkes-Barre City Common Ordinance 13, 1908 yes Nov 28, 1908
View Boundary Realignment Dorrance Township-Wright Township 1909 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1907–1909
View Annexation Hazleton City 1908 Ordinance yes* 1908–1909
View Annexation Wilkes-Barre City Common Ordinance 1, 1909 yes Jun 11, 1909
View New Borough Larksville Borough 1909 Creation yes Nov 15, 1909
View Annexation Freeland Borough 1910 Ordinance yes May 31, 1910
View Annexation Forty Fort Borough 1910 Ordinance yes* 1910–1911
View First Class Township Hanover Township 1912 1st Class yes Jan 1, 1912
View Second Class Township Plymouth Township 1912 2nd Class yes Jan 1, 1912
View New Borough Pringle Borough 1914 Creation yes Jan 21, 1914
View Annexation West Hazleton Borough 1916 Ordinance yes* Aug 28, 1916
View New Borough Dupont Borough 1917 Creation yes Mar 26, 1917
View Boundary Realignment Wilkes-Barre Township-Wilkes-Barre City 1918 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1918
View Boundary Realignment Yatesville Borough-Jenkins Township-Pittston Township 1921 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1920–1921
View Dissolution Dorranceton Borough-Kingston Borough 1921 Consolidation yes Aug 9, 1921
View Annexation Wilkes-Barre City Ordinance 424 (Parcels 2-3) yes* Apr 21, 1922
View Boundary Realignment Conyngham Township-Slocum Township 1924 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1916–1924
View New City Nanticoke City 1926 Creation yes Jan 4, 1926
View Annexation West Hazleton Borough 1926 Ordinance yes* Jun 17, 1926
View Dissolution Miners Mills Borough-Wilkes-Barre City 1927 Merger yes* Jan 3, 1927
View Dissolution Parsons Borough-Wilkes-Barre City 1927 Merger yes* Jan 3, 1927
View Boundary Realignment Dallas Borough-Dallas Township 1929 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1927–1929
View Annexation Pittston City 1929 Ordinance yes* 1929
View New Township Rice Township 1929 Creation yes Dec 2, 1929
View Boundary Realignment Swoyersville Borough-Kingston Township 1932 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1931–1932
View Annexation West Hazleton Borough 1935 Ordinance yes May 23, 1935
View Annexation Butler Township-Hazle Township 1939 Annexation yes* 1939
View Annexation Foster Township-Freeland Borough Reconstructed 1909-1939 Annexation yes? 1909–1939
View Annexation Wilkes-Barre City-Plains 1941 Annexation yes* 1941
View Annexation Foster Township-Jeddo Borough Reconstructed 1871-1950 Annexation yes? 1871–1950
View Annexation Conyngham Borough Ordinance 68A yes* Jul 7, 1950
View Annexation Dallas Borough 1949 Ordinance (2) yes Sep 17, 1952
View Annexation Conyngham Borough Ordinance 69 yes* May 29, 1953
View Annexation Warrior Run Borough-Hanover Township 1953 Annexation yes Nov 4, 1953
View Annexation West Hazleton Borough Ordinance 5-1958 yes Jun 22, 1960
View Annexation Conyngham Borough Ordinance 103 yes Aug 4, 1964
View Boundary Realignment Conyngham Borough-Sugarloaf Township 1966 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1962–1966
View Annexation Conyngham Borough Ordinance 117 yes* Apr 25, 1967
View Annexation Dallas Borough Ordinance 2-1968 yes* 1968
View New Borough Harveys Lake Borough 1968 Creation yes* Jan 1, 1968
View Council-Manager Form Wilkes-Barre City 1968 Optional Charter yes Jan 1, 1968
View Annexation Kingston Township-Swoyersville Borough 1975 Annexation yes* 1975
View Home Rule Kingston Township 1976 Home Rule yes Jan 1, 1976
View Home Rule Kingston Municipality 1976 Home Rule yes Jan 5, 1976
View New Borough Penn Lake Park Borough 1976 Creation yes Jan 5, 1976
View Home Rule Wilkes-Barre City 1976 Home Rule yes Jan 5, 1976
View Home Rule Wilkes-Barre Township 1976 Home Rule yes Jan 5, 1976
View Boundary Realignment Laflin Borough-Yatesville Borough-Jenkins Township 1980s Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1974–1980
View Mayor-Council Form Hazleton City 1988 Optional Plan yes Jan 4, 1988
View New Borough Bear Creek Village Borough 1993 Creation yes* Aug 17, 1993
View Boundary Realignment Black Creek Township-Sugarloaf Township 2009 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 2005–2009
View Home Rule Nanticoke City 2012 Home Rule yes Jan 1, 2012
View Home Rule Plymouth Township 2012 Home Rule yes Jan 2, 2012
View Home Rule Pittston City 2013 Home Rule yes Jan 2, 2013
View Annexation Dallas Borough-Dallas Township 2017 Annexation yes Sep 5, 2017

Government Action

Detail Action Date Approved Effective Location
View Election: [For or against the establishment of the County of Lackawanna] Aug 13, 1878
View Election Dec 23, 1879
View Election: [For or against the incorporation of the Borough of Pittston as a city of the third class by the name, style, and title of the City of Pittston] Nov 6, 1894
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View 		Proclamation: [Classifying Marcy, Newport, Plains, Plymouth, and Wilkes-Barre Townships as first class townships] Dec 7, 1899
View Election May 23, 1905
View Election Dec 8, 1908
View Election Dec 30, 1909 Rejected
View Proclamation: [Classifying Hanover Township as a first class township] Feb 24, 1911
View Proclamation: [Classifying Plymouth Township as a second class township] Jul 27, 1911
View Election: [For or against the consolidation of the Borough of Kingston and the Borough of Dorranceton into one borough by the name, style, and title of the Borough of Kingston] Jul 19, 1921
View Election: [For or against the incorporation of the Borough of Nanticoke as a city of the third class by the name, style, and title of the City of Nanticoke] Nov 6, 1923
View Charter Commission Election: "Shall a charter commission of ten (10) members be elected to study the charter form of government of the City of Hazleton and to consider a new charter and to make recommendations thereon?" Nov 2, 1965
View Charter Commission Election: "Shall a charter commission of 7 members be elected to study the charter and form of government of the City of Wilkes-Barre and to consider a new charter and to make recommendations thereon?" Nov 2, 1965
View Election: [For or against the adoption of an optional plan by the City of Hazleton] Nov 8, 1966 Rejected
View Election: "Shall the Council-Manager plan of the optional third class city charter law, providing for seven councilmen to be elected at large, be adopted by the City of Wilkes-Barre?" Nov 8, 1966
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for Kingston Township] Nov 7, 1972
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for the Township of Wilkes-Barre] Nov 7, 1972
View Charter Commission Election May 15, 1973
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for the Borough of Kingston] May 15, 1973
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for Luzerne County] May 15, 1973
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for the City of Wilkes-Barre] May 15, 1973
View Election: "Shall the Home Rule Charter contained in the report dated March 13, 1974, of the Government Study Commission of Kingston Township, prepared in accordance with the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, Act 62 of 1972 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, be adopted by the Township of Kingston?" May 21, 1974
View Election: "Shall the Home Rule Charter contained in the report, dated November of 1973, of the Government Study Commission, prepared in accordance with the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, be adopted by the municipality of Wilkes-Barre Township?" May 21, 1974
View Charter Commission Final Report: [Recommending the adoption of a home rule charter for Luzerne County] Aug 20, 1974 Vetoed
View Election Nov 5, 1974 Rejected
View Election: "Shall the Home Rule Charter contained in the report, dated August 12, 1974 of the Government Study Commission, prepared in accordance with the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, be adopted by the Borough of Kingston?" Nov 5, 1974
View Election: [For or against the adoption of a home rule charter by Luzerne County] Nov 5, 1974 Rejected
View Election: "Shall the Home Rule Charter contained in the report, dated September 2, 1974, of the Government Study Commission, prepared in accordance with the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, be adopted by the City of Wilkes-Barre." Nov 5, 1974
View Election: [Shall there be a change of boundary between the Borough of Swoyersville and the Township of Kingston by annexation by the Borough of Swoyersville of a parcel of land comprising 320.88 acres situated in the Township of Kingston on the side of the mountain facing Swoyersville and northwesterly of the northwesterly boundary of Swoyersville] May 20, 1975
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for the City of Hazleton] Nov 6, 1984
View Election: "Shall the Executive (Mayor)-Council Plan B, including recommendations pertaining to optional provisions contained in the report of the Government Study Commission, dated August 5, 1985 as authorized by the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, be adopted by the city of Hazleton?" Nov 5, 1985
View Charter Commission Election: "Shall a government study commission of 11 members be elected to study the existing form of government of Luzerne County, to consider the advisability of the adoption of a home rule charter, and if advisable, to draft and to recommend a home rule charter?" Nov 6, 2001
View Charter Commission Final Report: [Recommending the adoption of a home rule charter for Luzerne County] Jul 2, 2003 Vetoed
View Charter Commission Amended Report: [Recommending the adoption of a home rule charter for Luzerne County] Aug 27, 2003 Vetoed
View Election: "Shall the Home Rule Charter contained in the report, dated July 2, 2003, and amended August 27, 2003, of the Luzerne County Government Study Commission, prepared in accordance with the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, be adopted by Luzerne County? Nov 4, 2003 Rejected
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for the County of Luzerne] May 19, 2009
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for the City of Nanticoke] May 18, 2010
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for the Township of Plymouth] May 18, 2010
View Charter Commission Final Report: [Recommending the adoption of a home rule charter for the County of Luzerne] Aug 11, 2010 Jan 2, 2012
View Election: "Shall the Home Rule Charter contained in the report, dated August 11, 2010, of the government study commission, prepared in accordance with the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, be adopted by Luzerne County?" Nov 2, 2010
View Election: "Shall the Home Rule Charter contained in the report, dated August 9, 2011, of the government study commission, prepared in accordance with the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, be adopted by Nanticoke City?" Nov 8, 2011
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for the City of Pittston] Nov 8, 2011
View Election: "Shall the Home Rule Charter contained in the report dated August 9, 2011, of the Plymouth Township Government Study Commission, prepared in accordance with the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, be adopted by Plymouth Township?" Nov 8, 2011
View Election: "Shall the Home Rule Charter contained in the report, dated August 27, 2012, of the Government Study Commission, prepared in accordance with the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, be adopted by Pittston City?" Nov 6, 2012

Research Log

Detail Type/Notes Log Date Coverage
Law Library Visit
Law Reporters (Trial Ct.) bk. Luz. Leg. Reg. Rep., 1–Luz. Leg. Reg. Rep., 21 (1882–1922)
Law Reporters (Trial Ct.) bk. Luz. Leg. Reg. Rep., 22–Luz. Leg. Reg. Rep., 26 (1923–1930)
Law Reporters (Trial Ct.) bk. Luz. Leg. Reg. Rep., 32–Luz. Leg. Reg. Rep., 33 (1938–1940)
Open Records Request (Elections) Jun 20, 2015
Open Records Request (Miscellaneous) Dec 16, 2015
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 1–7 (1850–1875)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 8–10 (1875–1879)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 11 (1880)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 12 (1881–1882)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 13 (1883–1884)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 14–17 (1884–1887)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 18–19 (1888–1889)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 20 (1889)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 21–22 (1889–1890)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 23 (1891)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 24 (1891–1892)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 25 (1892)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 26–27 (1892–1893)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 28 (1893–1894)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 29 (1894)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 32 (1895–1896)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 30 (1895)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 31 (1895)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 33–34 (1896–1897)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 35 (1897)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 36 (1897)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 40–42 (1898–1899)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 38 (1898)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 43–46 (1900–1901)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 47 (1902)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 48 (1902)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 50 (1903)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 52–54 (1904–1905)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 55–56 (1906)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 57 (1907)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 58 (1907)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 59 (1908)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 60–61 (1908–1909)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 62 (1909)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 63 (1910)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 64–65 (1910–1911)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 66 (1911)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 68 (1912)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 67 (1912)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 69–74 (1913–1915)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 76 (1916)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 75 (1916)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 78–79 (1917–1918)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 77 (1917)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 81 (1919)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 84 (1920)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 87 (1922)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 93 (1925)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 95 (1926)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 96 (1926)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 97 (1927)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 97.5 (1927)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 99 (1928)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 101 (1929)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 105–106 (1931)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 117 (1935)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 121 (1936)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 129–130 (1939)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 135 (1941)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 155 (1948)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 159 (1949)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 162 (1950)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 171 (1953)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 175 (1954)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 173 (1954)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 177–178 (1955)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 188 (1959)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 199 (1962)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 201 (1963)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 208 (1965)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 212 (1967)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 215 (1968)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 217 (1968)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 218 (1969)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 219 (1969)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 228 (1972)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 231 (1973)
Quarter Sessions Index bk. 1918-1927 (1918–1927)
Quarter Sessions Index bk. 1928-1937 (1928–1937)
Quarter Sessions Index bk. 1938-1957 (A-E)–1938-1957 (M-S) (1938–1957)
Quarter Sessions Index bk. 1938-1957 (T-Z) (1938–1957)
Quarter Sessions Index bk. 1958-1965 (1958–1965)
Road Docket bk. Extra (1797–1884)
Road Docket bk. A–B (1800–1810)
Road Docket bk. C–M (1810–1881)
Road Docket bk. K (1860–1872)
Road Docket bk. M (1877–1881)
Road Docket bk. N–Q (1886–1898)
Road Docket bk. S–V (1901–1926)
Road Docket bk. W–Z (1926–1945)
Road Docket bk. 1–2 (1942–1959)
Road Docket bk. 2 (1952–1958)
Road Draft bk. 1789-1855–1920-1936 (1789–1936)
Road Index bk. A-J (1800–1859)
Road Index bk. L (1872–1877)
Road Index bk. N–O (1882–1889)
Road Papers bk. 1-1802 (1788–1802)
Road Papers bk. 2-1817 (1803–1817)
Road Papers bk. 1-1839 (1818–1839)
Road Papers bk. 1-1853 (1840–1853)

National Archives

Detail Source Set Government File Unit From To
View 1940-1950 Cns. Minor Civ. Div. Corr. Luzerne County 17500451 1260 1260
View 1940-1950 Cns. Minor Civ. Div. Corr. Luzerne County 17500451 934 959
View Cns. Mp. 1940 Luzerne County 5837869 1 1
View Cns. Mp. 1950 Luzerne County 36433231 1 1
View Cns. Mp. 1950 Urbanized Area, Vicinity of Wilkes Barre 36433360 1 1

Other Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View New Township Wapwallopen Township Proposed 1792 Creation unknown 1792
View New Township Stockfield Township Proposed 1796 Creation no* 1796–1797
View New Township Clifford Township Proposed 1799 Creation unknown 1799
View New Township Nicholson Township Proposed 1800 Division no* 1800
View Boundary Realignment Wyalusing Township-Wysox Township Proposed 1800 Boundary Realignment unknown 1800
View New Township Bedford Township Proposed 1801 Creation no* 1801
View New Township Hamburgh Township Proposed 1801 Creation unknown 1801
View New Township Burlington Township Proposed 1804 Division no* 1804
View New Township Exeter Township Proposed 1804 Division unknown 1804
View New Township Nicholson Township Proposed 1805 Division no* 1805–1806
View Annexation Abington Township-Nicholson Township Proposed 1808 Annexation no 1808–1809
View Annexation Towanda Township-Wysox Township Proposed 1810 Annexation unknown 1810
View Boundary Realignment Luzerne County-Northumberland County Proposed 1811 Boundary Realignment unknown 1811
View Annexation Tunkhannock Township-Nicholson Township Proposed 1811 Annexation unknown 1811
View New Township Huntington Township Proposed 1811 Division no* 1811–1812
View Annexation Abington Township Proposed 1813 Annexation unknown 1813
View New Township Tunkhannock Township Proposed 1813 Division no* 1813
View New Township Windham Township Proposed 1813 Creation no* 1813
View New Township Exeter Township Proposed 1814 Division no* 1814
View New Township Kingston Township-Plymouth Township Proposed 1814 New Township no* 1814
View New Township Tunkhannock Township Proposed 1814 Division (1) no* 1814
View New Township Tunkhannock Township Proposed 1814 Division (2) no* 1814
View Annexation Exeter Township-Kingston Township Proposed 1815 Annexation unknown 1815
View Boundary Realignment Sugarloaf Township Proposed 1815 Boundary Realignment unknown 1815
View Boundary Realignment Luzerne County-Lycoming County Proposed 1820 Boundary Realignment unknown 1820
View New Township Exeter Township-Tunkhannock Township Proposed 1821 New Township unknown 1821
View Boundary Realignment Abington Township-Falls Township Proposed 1824 Boundary Realignment unknown 1824
View Boundary Realignment Sugarloaf Township Proposed 1824 Boundary Realignment unknown 1824
View Boundary Realignment Abington Township-Falls Township Proposed 1826 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1826
View New Township Dallas Township-Eaton Township-Northmoreland Township Proposed 1827 New Township unknown 1827
View New Township Dallas Township-Union Township Proposed 1826 New Township no* 1826–1827
View Boundary Realignment Pittston Township-Providence Township Proposed 1827 Boundary Realignment unknown 1827
View Boundary Realignment Braintrim Township-Tunkhannock Township Proposed 1828 Boundary Realignment unknown 1828
View New Township Covington Township Proposed 1828 Division no* 1828
View Annexation Dallas Township-Exeter Township to Northmoreland Township Proposed 1828 Annexation unknown 1828
View New Township Groveland Township Proposed 1828 Creation no 1828
View New Township Dallas Township Proposed 1829 Division no* 1829
View New Township Pittston Township-Wilkes-Barre Township Proposed 1831 New Township no* 1831
View Boundary Realignment Eaton Township to Monroe Township-Northmoreland Township Proposed 1838 Boundary Realignment unknown 1838
View New Township Nicholson Township-Tunkhannock Township Proposed 1838 New Township unknown 1838
View Annexation Tunkhannock Township-Nicholson Township Proposed 1838 Annexation unknown 1838
View Boundary Realignment Luzerne County-Monroe County-Wayne County Proposed 1841 Boundary Realignment unknown 1841
View Boundary Realignment Lake Township-Lehman Township Proposed 1846 Boundary Realignment unknown 1846
View Boundary Realignment Dennison Township-Lausanne Township Proposed 1850 Boundary Realignment unknown 1850
View New Township Kingston Township Proposed 1852 Division no 1852
View New Township Salem Township-Union Township Proposed 1852 New Township no* 1852
View Annexation Pittston Township-Pittston Borough Proposed 1855 Annexation no 1855
View New Township Lee Township Proposed 1856 Creation no* 1856
View Annexation Hyde Park Borough Proposed 1857 Annexation unknown 1857
View General Law Hyde Park Borough Proposed 1858 General Law unknown 1858
View Annexation Scranton Borough-Providence Township Proposed 1859 Annexation no* 1859
View New School District Buck Independent School District Proposed 1860 Creation unknown 1860
View Annexation Plymouth Township-Jackson Township Proposed 1860 Annexation no 1860
View New Township Providence Township Proposed 1860 Division unknown 1860
View New Township Exeter Township-Kingston Township Proposed 1861 New Township no* 1861
View New Township Jackson Township-Plymouth Township Proposed 1861 New Township no* 1861
View New Township Kingston Township Proposed 1860 Division no* 1860–1861
View New School District Pittston Township Proposed 1863 Independent School District unknown 1863
View New Township Providence Township Proposed 1864 Division unknown 1864
View New Borough Beach Haven Borough Proposed 1865 Creation no* 1865
View New Township Exeter Township-Kingston Township Proposed 1865 New Township unknown 1865
View New Township Hanover Township Proposed 1865 Division unknown 1865
View New Township Hazle Township Proposed 1866 Division unknown 1866
View New Township Kingston Township Proposed 1866 Division unknown 1866
View Boundary Realignment Butler Township Proposed 1867 Boundary Realignment unknown 1867
View New Township Hazle Township Proposed 1867 Division unknown 1867
View New Township Pittston Township Proposed 1867 Division unknown 1867
View New Township Plymouth Township Proposed 1867 Division no* 1867
View New Borough South Wilkes-Barre Borough Proposed 1867 Creation unknown 1867
View Boundary Realignment Black Creek Township-Nescopeck Township Proposed 1868 Boundary Ascertainment no 1868
View New Township Drinker Township Proposed 1868 Creation no* 1868
View New Borough Jeddo Borough Proposed 1868 Creation no* 1868
View New School District Sugarloaf Township Proposed 1868 Independent School District unknown 1868
View Boundary Realignment Blakely Township-Scranton City Proposed 1869 Boundary Realignment unknown 1869
View New Township Foster Township Proposed 1869 Division unknown 1869
View New Township Plains Township Proposed 1869 Division unknown 1869
View New Township Dunmore Borough-Jefferson Township-Madison Township Proposed 1871 New Township no* 1871
View New Township Pittston Township Proposed 1871 Division unknown 1871
View Boundary Realignment Bear Creek Township Proposed 1872 Boundary Realignment unknown 1872
View New Borough Bellevue Borough Proposed 1872 Creation unknown 1872
View New Borough Hanover Borough Proposed 1872 Creation unknown 1872
View New School District North Abington Township Proposed 1872 Independent School District unknown 1872
View New Borough Parsons Borough Proposed 1873 Creation no* 1873
View New Borough Archbald Borough Proposed 1874 Creation no* 1874
View Annexation Blakely Borough Proposed 1874 Annexation no* 1874
View New Township Clifton Township Proposed 1874 Creation no* 1874
View New Borough Dickson City Borough 1874 Proposed Creation no* 1874
View Annexation Jermyn Borough Proposed 1874 Annexation no* 1874
View New Borough Olyphant Borough Proposed 1874 Creation no* 1874
View New Township Plains Township Proposed 1874 Division no* 1874
View New Township Huntington Township Proposed 1875 Division no* 1875
View New Township Plymouth Township Proposed 1874 Division no* 1874–1875
View New Township Fairmount Township Proposed 1876 Division no* 1876–1877
View Boundary Realignment Carbon County-Luzerne County 1879 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1879
View New School District Conyngham Township-Hollenback Township-Nescopeck Township Proposed 1879 Independent School District unknown 1879
View Boundary Realignment Pleasant Valley Borough Proposed 1879 Boundary Change unknown 1879
View School District Annexation Union Township-Hunlock Township Proposed 1879 School District Annexation unknown 1879
View New Township Wyoming Township Proposed 1878 Creation (1) no 1878–1879
View New Township Wyoming Township Proposed 1878 Creation (2) no 1878–1879
View New School District Lake Township Proposed 1880 Independent School District no 1880
View New Township Salem Township Proposed 1880 Division no 1880
View General Law Wilkes-Barre City Proposed 1879 Partial General Law unknown 1879–1880
View Boundary Realignment Buck Township-Tobyhanna Township Proposed 1881 Boundary Realignment unknown 1881
View New School District Marcy Township Proposed 1880 Independent School District no 1880–1881
View New School District Hunlock Township-Union Township Proposed 1883 Independent School District no 1883
View New Borough Edwards Borough Proposed 1883 Creation no 1883–1884
View New Borough Heidelberg Borough Proposed 1886 Creation no 1886
View Boundary Realignment Lackawanna County-Luzerne County 1886 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1886
View Boundary Realignment Lackawanna County-Luzerne County Proposed 1885 Boundary Ascertainment no 1885–1886
View New Borough Heidelberg Borough Proposed 1887 Creation no 1887
View New School District Jackson Township Proposed 1886 Independent School District no 1886–1887
View New Borough Lehman Borough Proposed 1886 Creation no 1886–1887
View Annexation Plains Township-Parsons Borough Proposed 1886 Annexation no 1886–1887
View Annexation Kingston Township-Luzerne Borough Proposed 1888 Annexation no 1888
View New School District Marcy Township Proposed 1887 Independent School District no* 1887–1888
View New Township Woodward Township Proposed 1887 Creation no 1887–1888
View New Borough Swoyersville Borough Proposed 1889 Creation no* 1889
View New School District Huntington Township Proposed 1888 Independent School District no 1888–1890
View New School District Newport Township Proposed 1890 Independent School District unknown 1890–1891
View Annexation Plymouth Township-Edwardsville Borough Proposed 1891 Annexation no* 1891
View Annexation Hazle Township-West Hazleton Borough Proposed 1892 Annexation unknown 1892
View Annexation Kingston Township-Kingston Borough Proposed 1891 Annexation no 1891–1892
View New Borough Warrior Run Borough Proposed 1892 Creation no 1892
View Annexation Foster Township-Freeland Borough Proposed 1892 Annexation no 1892–1893
View New Borough Hudson Borough Proposed 1893 Creation no 1893
View New Borough Larksville Borough Proposed 1891 Creation no* 1891–1893
View New Borough Plains Borough Proposed 1893 Creation no 1893
View New Township Exeter Township-Franklin Township-Kingston Township Proposed 1894 New Township no 1894
View Boundary Realignment Huntington Township Proposed 1893 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1893–1894
View New County Grow County Proposed 1895 Creation no* 1895
View New Borough Harveys Lake Borough Proposed 1895 Creation no 1895
View School District Annexation Lehman Township Proposed 1895 School District Annexation no* 1895
View Annexation Plains Township-Miners Mills Borough Proposed 1895 Annexation no* 1895
View School District Annexation Union Township-Hunlock Township Proposed 1895 School District Annexation unknown 1895
View School District Annexation Lake Township-Lehman Township Proposed 1894 School District Annexation no 1894–1896
View New School District Dallas Township-Lake Township Proposed 1895 Independent School District no* 1895–1897
View Boundary Realignment Carbon County-Luzerne County Proposed 1899 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1899
View New Borough Dupont Borough Proposed 1896 Creation no 1896–1899
View Boundary Realignment Luzerne County-Wyoming County Proposed 1899 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1899
View Annexation Plymouth Township-Edwardsville Proposed 1898 Annexation no 1898–1899
View New School District Huntington Township-Union Township Proposed 1897 Independent School District no 1897–1900
View Annexation Pittston Township-Pittston City 1890s Annexation unknown~ 1890–1900
View New Township Black Creek Township Proposed 1901 Division no 1901
View Annexation Briar Creek Township-Salem Township to Berwick Borough Proposed 1893 Annexation no 1893–1901
View Annexation Hazleton City Ordinance 308 no* 1901
View New Borough McKinley Borough Proposed 1901 Creation no 1901–1902
View New Borough Huntsville Borough Proposed 1902 Creation no 1902–1903
View New Borough Dupont Borough Proposed 1904 Creation no 1904
View New Borough Dupont Borough Proposed 1905 Creation no 1905
View New Borough Exeter Borough Proposed 1905 Division no 1905
View Boundary Realignment Lackawanna County-Luzerne County Proposed 1905 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1905
View Boundary Realignment Dorrance Township-Wright Township 1906 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1905–1906
View New School District Franklin Township Proposed 1905 Independent School District no 1905–1906
View New Borough Malty Borough Proposed 1905 Creation no 1905–1906
View New Borough North Exeter Borough Proposed 1905 Creation no 1905–1906
View Annexation Wilkes-Barre City 1892 Ordinance no* 1892–1907
View Annexation Hanover Township-Wilkes-Barre City Proposed 1908 Annexation no* 1908
View Annexation Hazleton City 1907 Ordinance no* 1907–1908
View New Borough Nanticoke Borough Proposed 1906 Division no* 1906–1908
View Annexation Edwardsville Borough 1907 Ordinance no* 1907–1909
View Boundary Realignment Luzerne County-Schuylkill County Proposed 1909 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1909
View Dissolution West Hazleton Borough-Hazleton City Proposed 1909 Merger no 1909
View Dissolution Dorranceton Borough-Wilkes-Barre City Proposed 1911 Merger no 1911–1912
View Dissolution West Hazleton Borough-Hazleton City Proposed 1912 Merger no 1912
View Annexation West Hazleton Borough 1914 Ordinance no 1914–1915
View New Borough Dupont Borough Proposed 1916 Creation (1) no 1916
View New Borough Dupont Borough Proposed 1916 Creation (2) no 1916
View Dissolution West Hazleton Borough-Hazleton City Proposed 1916 Merger no 1916
View New Borough Mocanaqua Borough Proposed 1917 Creation no 1917–1918
View First Class Township Jenkins Township Proposed 1921 1st Class unknown 1921
View Annexation Wilkes-Barre City Ordinance 424 (Parcel 1) no* 1922
View Dissolution Kingston Borough-Wilkes-Barre City Proposed 1926 Merger no 1926–1927
View Dissolution Plains Township-Wilkes-Barre City Proposed 1926 Merger no 1926–1927
View New Borough Plains Borough Proposed 1927 Creation no 1927–1930
View Boundary Realignment Butler Township-Foster Township-Hazle Township Proposed 1932 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1932
View Dissolution Warrior Run Borough-Hanover Township Proposed 1939 Merger no* 1939–1940
View New Borough Council Crest Borough Proposed 1939 Creation no 1939–1941
View Boundary Realignment Butler Township-Hazle Township-Sugarloaf Township Proposed 1947 Boundary Realignment unknown 1947
View Annexation Dallas Borough 1949 Ordinance (1) no 1949
View Dissolution Dallas Borough Proposed 1954 Dissolution no 1954
View Annexation West Hazleton Borough 1955 Ordinance no 1955
View Annexation West Hazleton Borough Ordinance 3-1955 no* 1955–1957
View Council-Manager Form Hazleton City Proposed 1965 Optional Charter no 1965–1966
View Annexation Dallas Borough Ordinance 1-1967 and 1-1968 no 1967–1968
View Dissolution New Columbus Borough-Huntington Township Proposed 1969 Merger no 1969
View Home Rule Freeland Borough Proposed 1973 Home Rule no* 1973–1974
View Home Rule (County) Luzerne County Proposed 1973 Home Rule no* 1973–1974
View New School District Penn Lake Park Borough Independent School District 1976 Creation unknown 1976
View Home Rule (County) Luzerne County Proposed 2001 Home Rule no 2001–2003