Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania

Hunlock Creek is an unincorporated community in Hunlock Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The community is located along the Susquehanna River and U.S. Route 11 3.2 miles (5.1 km) west of Nanticoke. Hunlock Creek has a post office with ZIP code 18621.[2][3] In 1940, a regional guidebook noted that the town, "its shacks resting in a mountain cleft, is named for the coal-blackened stream that splits it into a number of sections. US 11 parallels the winding river through a long valley that broadens out occasionally to include a cultivated tract on the river flat."[4]

Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Hunlock Creek
Coordinates: 41°12′21″N 76°03′58″W
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyLuzerne
TownshipHunlock Township
Elevation
528 ft (161 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
18621
Area code(s)272 & 570
GNIS feature ID1203858[1]

References

  1. "Hunlock Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  3. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  4. Federal Writers' Project (1940). Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Keystone State (1st ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 478.



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