Official Name: | Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Mapsize: | 250x200px |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Wapwallopen |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pennsylvania##Location in the United States |
Coordinates: | 41.0744°N -76.1308°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Luzerne |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Conyngham |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Elevation Ft: | 541 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 18660 |
Area Code: | 570 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1193606 |
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'.[1] [2] [3]
Pennsylvania Route 239 passes through the settlement.