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Wilkes-Barre (Pa.)

LC control no.n 79063066
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingWilkes-Barre (Pa.)
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Geographic subdivision usagePennsylvania--Wilkes-Barre
Variant(s)Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
City of Wilkes-Barre (Pa.)
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedPennsylvania
Address40 East Market Street Wilkes-Barre PA 18711
Found inIts Wilkes-Barré (the "Diamond City"), 1906.
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 41°14ʹ45ʺN 075°52ʹ53ʺW)
Wikipedia, September 1, 2019 (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Luzerne County; located at the center of the Wyoming Valley; founded in 1769 and formally incorporated in 1806; named in honor of John Wilkes and Isaac Barré; 41°14ʹ40ʺN 75°52ʹ41ʺW)
City of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania website, September 1, 2019: home page (City of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; The City of Wilkes-Barre, 40 East Market Street, Wilkes-Barre PA 18711)
   <https://www.wilkes-barre.city/>
Geographic area coden-us-pa
Associated languageeng