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West Wyoming is a
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that is located in
Luzerne County Luzerne County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and is water. It is Northeaste ...
,
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, United States. The borough is part of the
Greater Pittston Greater Pittston is a region in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in reference to the area in and around Pittston. As of 2010, the total population of Greater Pittston is 48,020. This region includes Avoca, Dupont, Duryea, Exeter Boro, Exeter Town ...
metro area. The population was 2,631 at the time of the 2020 census.


History


Establishment

In 1768, the Susquehanna Company of Connecticut devised a plan to divide the
Wyoming Valley The Wyoming Valley is a historic industrialized region of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The region is historically notable for its influence in helping fuel the American Industrial Revolution with its many anthracite coal mines. As a metropolitan ar ...
into five townships. Each township was to be divided among forty settlers. West Wyoming was originally part of Kingston Township. The community's first forty settlers arrived in February 1769. Benjamin Carpenter and his brother Gilbert developed several mills along the banks of Abrahams Creek around 1800. The earliest businesses included a
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and a
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.


Borough

The community eventually broke away from Kingston Township in 1885. The town was originally known as Carpentersville, Shoemaker's Mills, and New Troy. It was officially incorporated as the Borough of West Wyoming in 1898.


Geography

West Wyoming is part of
Greater Pittston Greater Pittston is a region in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in reference to the area in and around Pittston. As of 2010, the total population of Greater Pittston is 48,020. This region includes Avoca, Dupont, Duryea, Exeter Boro, Exeter Town ...
; it is located at (41.313780, -75.851640). According to the
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, the borough has a total area of , all land. The northern and northeastern sections of the borough are mostly made up of thick forests and mountains.
Frances Slocum State Park Frances Slocum State Park is a List of Pennsylvania state parks, Pennsylvania state park in Kingston Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Kingston Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Fra ...
is located nearby. West Eighth Street and Abrahams Creek run through a
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— which links Greater Pittston to the
Back Mountain The Back Mountain is a region and former census-designated place (CDP) in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is near the cities of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. The population was 33,551 as of 2016. The region has a total area of . T ...
. West Eighth Street intersects with Shoemaker Avenue near the eastern portion of the borough. Most homes and businesses are located in the southern and eastern sections of West Wyoming. The following communities neighbor West Wyoming: Exeter Township (north), Exeter Borough (northeast, east), Wyoming Borough (southeast), Swoyersville Borough (southwest), and Kingston Township (west, northwest).


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 2,833 people, 1,183 households, and 822 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 1,240 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 99.33%
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, 0.18%
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, 0.07% Asian, 0.04%
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, 0.04% from
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, and 0.35% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 0.25% of the population. There were 1,183 households, out of which 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.6% were
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living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 26.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91. In the borough the population was spread out, with 20.9% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 21.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.9 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $37,275, and the median income for a family was $44,214. Males had a median income of $38,398 versus $25,664 for females. The
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for the borough was $17,603. About 0.2% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the
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, including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 11.6% of those age 65 or over.


Education

It is in the
Wyoming Area School District The Wyoming Area School District is a midsized, suburban, public school district that is located in northeastern Luzerne County and southeastern Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It is situated midway between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. One of th ...
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* {{authority control Populated places established in 1898 Boroughs in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania 1898 establishments in Pennsylvania