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Starlight, Pennsylvania

Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US

Field	Value
name	Starlight, Pennsylvania
official_name	Village of Starlight
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	O&W Depot, Starlight PA.JPG
image_alt	Old but well-refurbished yellow building with black tiling and siding. A sign on the side of the building facing the camera reads "BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL BUILDING." There is a small post with a map of Wayne County, Pennsylvania attached to it on the same side of the building.
image_caption	The former Starlight Station in Starlight, which is now the Buckingham Township Municipal Building. It is also a U.S. National Historic Place.
pushpin_map	Pennsylvania
pushpin_map_alt	Map of Pennsylvania, with county borders indicated. A red dot in the upper right-hand corner is labeled "Starlight, Pennsylvania."
pushpin_map_caption	Starlight's Location within Pennsylvania.
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Pennsylvania
subdivision_type2	U.S. Congressional District
subdivision_name2	PA-10
subdivision_type3	School District
subdivision_name3	Wayne Highlands
Region I
subdivision_type4	County
subdivision_name4	Wayne
subdivision_type5	Magisterial District
subdivision_name5	22-3-04
subdivision_type6	Township
subdivision_name6	Buckingham
established_title	Settled
named_for	Starlight Lake
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	Eastern Daylight (EDT)
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_m	412
elevation_ft	1352
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	18461
area_code	570
blank_name	GNIS feature ID
blank_info	1188417
blank1_name	FIPS code
blank1_info	42-127-09824-73744
blank2_name	Major Roads
blank2_info	[[File:PA-370.svg	22px	link=Pennsylvania Route 370]]
blank3_name	Waterways
blank3_info	Shehawken Creek, Starlight Lake

Region I

Starlight is a village that is located in Buckingham Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Crosstown Highway, which is entirely concurrent with Pennsylvania Route 370 (PA-370), is generally thought to be the southern edge of the village.

History

This village was once a depot of the Scranton Division of the New York, Ontario & Western (O&W) Railway, but is largely known today for being home to the Inn at Starlight Lake & Restaurant, which has been open since 1909.

Municipal status and boundaries

Four signs on a green, metal pole against a background of greenery. The first, which is white with a blue border and lettering, reads, "VILLAGE OF/STARLIGHT." The second and third, which are both green with a white border and lettering, read, "BUCKINGHAM/TOWNSHIP," and "PERMITS/REQUIRED," respectively. The fourth, which is white with no border and black lettering, reads, "SR 370/220." — An image of Starlight's PennDOT sign, looking northeast along Crosstown Highway. The sign for Buckingham Township is also visible.

A Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) sign on Crosstown Highway identifies the community as the "Village of Starlight."

In Pennsylvania, a village is an unincorporated community within a township, but PennDOT identifies most villages with roadside signs, a fact that might reasonably lead those unfamiliar with this practice to believe that these communities are incorporated municipalities administered separately from the townships in which they are located. Since Pennsylvania's villages, including Starlight, are, in fact, not municipalities in their own right, they do not have official boundaries, and the United States Census Bureau does not collect statistics for them (unless, unlike Starlight, they are census-designated places). In spite of this, because of strong local consensus, as well as the fact that many features are named for the villages they are associated with, it is almost always impossible to consistently determine whether a particular feature is in one village or another.

Natural features

Shehawken Creek (once called Chehocton Creek) and Starlight Lake are located in Starlight. The latter is the source of the former.

References

. (2014). ["District Magistrate"](http://waynecountypa.gov/district-magistrate/). *Wayne County Courthouse*.
{{cite gnis
{{cite American Factfinder. PA. twp. 4212709824
. ["The Inn at Starlight Lake & Restaurant"](http://www.innatstarlightlake.com/).
. ["History of the Inn"](http://www.innatstarlightlake.com/history/default.htm).
{{cite gnis
(1881). "The Geology of Susquehanna County and Wayne County". Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania.
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