Official Name: | Wanamie, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Wanamie |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pennsylvania##Location in the United States |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Luzerne |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Newport |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.981 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.981 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 612 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 676 |
Coordinates: | 41.1733°N -76.0356°W |
Area Code: | 570 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1190577 |
Wanamie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Newport Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It is located in the southwestern end of the Wyoming Valley and uses the Nanticoke zip code of 18634.[3] The South Branch Newport Creek forms the natural eastern boundary of Wanamie and drains it northeastward via the Newport Creek into the Susquehanna River. The village is named after the Wanami tribe of the Lenni Lenape.[4] As of the 2010 census, its population was 612.