Luzerne County

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Luzerne County is a county in northeastern Pennsylvania known for its seat in Wilkes-Barre and its role in the historic anthracite coal mining region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
county ⓘ
containsAirport Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport ⓘ
containsBorough Edwardsville ⓘ
Forty Fort ⓘ
Kingston ⓘ
Larksville ⓘ
Pittston ⓘ
West Pittston ⓘ
containsCity Hazleton ⓘ
Nanticoke ⓘ
Wilkes-Barre ⓘ
containsHistoricEventSite site of the 1959 Knox Mine disaster (regionally associated) ⓘ
containsInstitution King’s College ⓘ
linked to: King's College

Luzerne County Community College ⓘ
Penn State Wilkes-Barre ⓘ
Wilkes University ⓘ
containsPark Frances Slocum State Park ⓘ
Nescopeck State Park ⓘ
containsRecreationArea Ricketts Glen State Park (partly) ⓘ
containsRiver Susquehanna River ⓘ
containsSportsTeam Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL, home arena in county) ⓘ
containsSportsVenue Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza ⓘ
containsTownship Butler Township ⓘ
Dallas Township ⓘ
Hanover Township ⓘ
Hazle Township ⓘ
Jenkins Township ⓘ
Kingston Township ⓘ
Plains Township ⓘ
Plymouth Township ⓘ
Sugarloaf Township ⓘ
Wright Township ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countySeat Wilkes-Barre ⓘ
federalDistrict United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania ⓘ
governmentType county government ⓘ
hasExecutive Luzerne County Manager ⓘ
hasLegislativeBody Luzerne County Council ⓘ
historicalIndustry coal mining ⓘ
railroads ⓘ
judicialDistrict Pennsylvania’s 11th Judicial District ⓘ
knownFor anthracite coal mining history ⓘ
historic role in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania ⓘ
largestCity Wilkes-Barre ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedFor Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime yes ⓘ
partOf United States Census Bureau’s Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton metropolitan area ⓘ
Wyoming Valley ⓘ
region Northeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ

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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania → county → Luzerne County ⓘ
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania → isCountySeatOf → Luzerne County ⓘ
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania → borders → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Northern Pennsylvania → contains → Luzerne County ⓘ
Wyoming Valley West region → locatedIn → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport → regionServed → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza → locatedIn → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Kirby Park → locatedIn → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Parsons → locatedIn → Luzerne County ⓘ
Parsons → county → Luzerne County ⓘ
West Hazleton, Pennsylvania → county → Luzerne County ⓘ
West Hazleton, Pennsylvania → locatedIn → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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West Hazleton, Pennsylvania → subdivisionName2 → Luzerne County ⓘ
Miners Mills → locatedIn → Luzerne County ⓘ
F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts → locatedIn → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company → location → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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A. Mitchell Palmer → birthPlace → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Larksville, Pennsylvania → county → Luzerne County ⓘ
Larksville, Pennsylvania → locatedIn → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Larksville, Pennsylvania → locatedIn → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
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Larksville, Pennsylvania → partOf → Luzerne County ⓘ
South Wilkes-Barre → locatedIn → Luzerne County ⓘ
Pennsylvania Route 309 → passesThrough → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Gwen Kopechne → residence → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Wyoming Valley → locatedIn → Luzerne County ⓘ
Lehigh River → sourceLocation → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Hazleton, Pennsylvania → county → Luzerne County ⓘ
Carbon County, Pennsylvania → borders → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Columbia County, Pennsylvania → borderedBy → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Pennsylvania Route 61 → passesThroughCounty → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Lackawanna River → flowsThrough → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Carbon County → borders → Luzerne County ⓘ
Max Rosenn U.S. Courthouse, Wilkes-Barre → locatedIn → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Monroe County, Pennsylvania → borders → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
subject linked to: Monroe County
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Monroe County, Pennsylvania → borders → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Wayne County, Pennsylvania → borders → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Hazle Township, Pennsylvania → county → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Pittston → locatedIn → Luzerne County ⓘ
Pittston → locatedInCountySeatRegion → Luzerne County ⓘ
Larksville → county → Luzerne County ⓘ
Dallas Township → county → Luzerne County ⓘ
Dallas Township → hasRegionCode → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Sugarloaf Township → locatedIn → Luzerne County ⓘ
Luzerne County Council → locatedIn → Luzerne County ⓘ
Luzerne County Council → jurisdiction → Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Luzerne County Council → legislativeBodyOf → Luzerne County government ⓘ
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