Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania

"Wapwallopen" redirects here. For other uses, see Wapwallopen (disambiguation).

Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 41°04′28″N 76°7′51″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Luzerne
Township	Conyngham
Elevation	541 ft (165 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST)
• Summer (DST)	EDT
ZIP code	18660
Area code	570
GNIS feature ID	1193606[1]

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'.^[2][3][4]

Pennsylvania Route 239 passes through the settlement.

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  Pennsylvania Route 239 in Wapwallopen

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wapwallopen
2. A History of the Wapwallopen Region. Wapwallopen Historical Society. 1964. p. 18. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
3. "òpi". Lenape Talking Dictionary. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
4. "halahpis". Lenape Talking Dictionary. Retrieved June 3, 2019.

External links

• Wapwallopen.com