Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Allentown. It is located about 49 miles [78 km] to the southeast of Wilkes-Barre and has a population of 106,632 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Scranton. It is located about 16 miles [25 km] to the northeast of Wilkes-Barre and has a population of 76,415 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Belvidere (NJ)	SE	50 mi [80.5 km]	2,635	4.91% decrease
	Ashland	SW	40 mi [64.4 km]	---
	Bethlehem	SE	50 mi [80.5 km]	72,241	1.28% increase
	Bloomsburg	SW	34 mi [54.7 km]	12,772	3.21% increase
	Carbondale	NE	30 mi [48.28 km]	9,208	6.08% decrease
	Coaldale	S	28 mi [45.06 km]	2,122	7.54% decrease
	Hazleton	S	20 mi [32.19 km]	21,732	6.85% decrease
	Muncy	W	47 mi [75.6 km]	1,045	1.32% decrease
	Nanticoke	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	10,199	6.9% decrease
	Pittston	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	7,547	6.87% decrease
	Pottsville	SW	42 mi [67.6 km]	14,405	7.36% decrease
	Shamokin	SW	46 mi [74 km]	7,367	8.02% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance
	Back Mountain	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]
	Belian Village	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]
	Carpenter Town	N	23 mi [37.01 km]
	Coxes Village	S	21 mi [33.8 km]
	Cross Village	S	21 mi [33.8 km]
	East Berwick	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]
	Foundryville	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]
	Glen Lyon	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]
	Glenburn	N	21 mi [33.8 km]
	Houston City	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]
	Jonestown	W	23 mi [37.01 km]
	Locust Lakes Village	E	18 mi [28.97 km]
	Mountain Top	S	5 mi [8.05 km]
	Plains	NE	2 mi [3.22 km]
	Turnersville	E	21 mi [33.8 km]

Luzerne County

Wilkes-Barre is located in Luzerne County and is the county seat.

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 Wilkes-Barre: Centre, Wayne and Pike.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Wilkes-Barre
	Bradford County	NW	Sciotavale	28 miles [45 km]
	Carbon County	SE	Port Jenkins	12 miles [19 km]
	Centre County	SE	Blakeslee Estates	18 miles [28 km]
	Columbia County	SW	Foundryville	21 miles [33 km]
	Lackawanna County	NE	Lawrenceville	10 miles [16 km]
	Lehigh County	SE	Lehigh Gap	35 miles [56 km]
	Lycoming County	W	Richards Grove	31 miles [49 km]
	Monroe County	E	Arrowhead Lake	17 miles [27 km]
	Montour County	W	Columbia Hill	38 miles [61 km]
	Northampton County	SE	Weiders Crossing	34 miles [54 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Pennsylvania<3>

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