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Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 41°04′28″N 76°7′51″W / 41.07444°N 76.13083°W / 41.07444; -76.13083
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Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania
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Wapwallopen is located in Pennsylvania
Wapwallopen
Wapwallopen
Location in Pennsylvania
Wapwallopen is located in the United States
Wapwallopen
Wapwallopen
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 41°04′28″N 76°7′51″W / 41.07444°N 76.13083°W / 41.07444; -76.13083
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyLuzerne
TownshipConyngham
Elevation
541 ft (165 m)
Time zoneEastern (EST)
 • Summer (DST)EDT
ZIP code
18660
Area code570
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

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  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.
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