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Nanticoke
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city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Luzerne
- Type
- City Council
- Mayor
- Kevin Coughlin
- Total
- 3.55 sq mi (9.20 km )
- Land
- 3.46 sq mi (8.95 km )
- Water
- 0.097 sq mi (0.25 km )
- Elevation
- 696 ft (212 m)
- Density
- 3,074/sq mi (1,186.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 42-52584
- Website
- nanticokecity.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Nanticoke
- Population
- 10628
- Area
- 9.178943
- Elevation
- 212
- Official website
- www.nanticokecity.com
- Image
- Nanticoke City.jpg
- Households
- 4272
- Dialing code
- 570
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- Commons category
- Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1926-01-01
- postal code
- 18634
- P8168
- 5
- water area
- 0.227776
- water as percent of area
- 2.4815
- per capita income
- 25337
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Article
Nanticoke is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,628, making it the third largest city in Luzerne County. It occupies 3.6 square miles (9.3 km) of land. Nanticoke is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
The city can be divided into several sections: Honey Pot (northwestern Nanticoke), Downtown (northern and central Nanticoke), and Hanover Section (southeastern Nanticoke). It was once an active coal mining community. Today, the 167-acre main campus of Luzerne County Community College is located within the city.