The land of Wilsonville, Pennsylvania and the surrounding area in the valley was purchased by

PPL Corporation PPL Corporation is an energy company headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange as and is part of the S&P 500. As of 2022, the compa ...

from about 100 owners at about $20 an acre, and all property was razed or moved in order to build a dam to create what is now

Lake Wallenpaupack Lake Wallenpaupack () is a reservoir in Northeastern Pennsylvania. After Raystown Lake, it is the second-largest lake contained entirely in Pennsylvania. It comprises of shoreline, with a length of and a maximum depth of , and has a surface are ...

. Seventeen miles of roads and telephone poles were rerouted, and one cemetery had to be relocated. The original town of Wilsonville now lies under the water near the dam.

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at Hometown Locator Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania Geography of Pike County, Pennsylvania Former populated places in Pennsylvania {{PikeCountyPA-geo-stub