Pittston
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city in northeastern Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
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The entry is geolocated on the map in PA.
Vinony files it under 1770 establishments in Pennsylvania, Cities in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and Cities in Pennsylvania.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Luzerne
- Region
- Greater Pittston
- Incorporated borough
- April 30, 1853
- Incorporated city
- December 10, 1894
- Type
- City Council
- Mayor
- Michael Lombardo ( D )
- Total
- 1.71 sq mi (4.44 km )
- Land
- 1.53 sq mi (3.96 km )
- Water
- 0.19 sq mi (0.48 km )
- Elevation
- 653 ft (199 m)
- Density
- 4,959.9/sq mi (1,915.03/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 18640-18644
- Area codes
- 570 & 272
- Fips code
- 42-61048
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Pittston
- Population
- 7591
- Area
- 4.418733
- Elevation
- 199
- Official website
- pittstoncity.org
- Image
- Pittston City Aerial.jpg
- Households
- 3435
- Dialing code
- 570
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- Commons category
- Pittston, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1894-12-10
- postal code
- 18643
- water area
- 0.401747
- water as percent of area
- 9.0919
- per capita income
- 23497
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Encyclopedic overview
Pittston is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city lies in the Wyoming Valley on the east side of the Susquehanna River and on the south side of the Lackawanna River. It is approximately midway between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. Pittston is 68.7 miles (110.6 km) north of Allentown and 129.2 miles (207.9 km) northwest of New York City.
The population was 7,591 as of the 2020 census, making it Luzerne County's fourth-largest city. At its peak in 1920, the population of Pittston was 18,497. The city consists of three sections: Downtown Pittston in the city's center, the Oregon Section in the city's southern end, and the Junction in the city's northern end. Pittston City is at the heart of the Greater Pittston region, a 65.35 square mile region in Luzerne County. Greater Pittston has a total population of 48,020 as of 2010.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pittston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.