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Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania

Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US

Summary

Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US

Field	Value
official_name	Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania
settlement_type	Unincorporated community
image_skyline	Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania from Council Cup 1.JPG
image_caption	View of Wapwallopen
mapsize	250x200px
pushpin_map	Pennsylvania#USA
pushpin_label	Wapwallopen
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_mapsize
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Pennsylvania##Location in the United States
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Pennsylvania
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Luzerne
subdivision_type3	Township
subdivision_name3	Conyngham
unit_pref	Imperial
elevation_ft	541
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	Eastern (EST)
timezone_DST	EDT
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	18660
area_code	570
blank_name	GNIS feature ID
blank_info	1193606

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'.

Pennsylvania Route 239 passes through the settlement. File:Pennsylvania Route 239 in Wapwallopen.JPG|Pennsylvania Route 239 in Wapwallopen

References

{{gnis. 1193606. Wapwallopen
(1964). "A History of the Wapwallopen Region". Wapwallopen Historical Society.
"òpi".
"halahpis".

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