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Hazleton, Pennsylvania

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Allentown. It is located about 36 miles [57 km] to the southeast of Hazleton and has a population of 106,632 people.<1>

The next largest community is Reading. It is located about 42 miles [67 km] to the south of Hazleton and has a population of 81,207 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Belvidere (NJ)   E47 mi [75.6 km]2,6354.91% decrease
 Phillipsburg (NJ)   SE45 mi [72.4 km]14,5284.21% decrease
 Ashland   SW22 mi [35.41 km]---
 Bethlehem   SE39 mi [62.8 km]72,2411.28% increase
 Bloomsburg   W25 mi [40.23 km]12,7723.21% increase
 Carbondale   NE49 mi [78.9 km]9,2086.08% decrease
 Easton   SE43 mi [69.2 km]26,0800.7% decrease
 Lebanon   SW48 mi [77.2 km]24,0971.49% decrease
 Nanticoke   N16 mi [25.75 km]10,1996.9% decrease
 Pittston   N27 mi [43.45 km]7,5476.87% decrease
 Pottsville   SW22 mi [35.41 km]14,4057.36% decrease
 Scranton   NE35 mi [56.3 km]72,2335.47% decrease
 Shamokin   W32 mi [51.5 km]7,3678.02% decrease
 Sunbury   W42 mi [67.6 km]9,8197.46% decrease
 Wilkes-Barre   N20 mi [32.19 km]40,9325.08% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Brandonville   SW12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Coaldale   S9 mi [14.48 km]2,1227.54% decrease
 Coxes Village   SE2 mi [3.22 km]---
 Cross Village   SE2 mi [3.22 km]---
 Delano   SW9 mi [14.48 km]---
 East Berwick   NW14 mi [22.53 km]---
 Grier City-Park Crest   SW10 mi [16.09 km]---
 Grier City   SW9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Hometown   S9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Mertz Town   SE14 mi [22.53 km]---
 Nuremberg   W10 mi [16.09 km]---
 Oneida   SW8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Sheppton   SW8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Tresckow   S3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Tuscarora   S13 mi [20.92 km]---

Luzerne County

Hazleton is located in Luzerne County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Luzerne: Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Monroe, Schuylkill, Sullivan and Wyoming.

While not sharing a border with Luzerne, the following counties are close to Hazleton: Lehigh, Berks and Northampton.

Below are counties that are near Hazleton (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Hazleton:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Hazleton
 Berks County   SQuaker City21 miles [33 km]
 Carbon County   SECoxes Village2 miles [3 km]
 Centre County   NEBlakeslee Estates23 miles [37 km]
 Columbia County   WMonticello14 miles [22 km]
 Lackawanna County   NEThornhurst25 miles [40 km]
 Lehigh County   SJacksonville21 miles [33 km]
 Lycoming County   NWRichards Grove33 miles [53 km]
 Monroe County   NEBlakeslee21 miles [33 km]
 Montour County   WRoaring Creek28 miles [45 km]
 Northampton County   SEWeiders Crossing22 miles [35 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Hazleton. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Hazleton.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Hazleton and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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