Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1842
Parent county: Luzerne

Namesake: The Wyoming Valley
Seat: Tunkhannock (1842–)

Land area: 397 square miles

Population (2020): 26,069

Population (historic): 10,655 (1850); 14,585 (1870); 17,152 (1900); 15,517 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1920–2010

Subdivisions: Five boroughs; three CDPs; 18 townships

National Register listings: Five

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,839 (28.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 71.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,949
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,569
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,543
Average farm size (1920): 53 acres
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Tunkhannock

Namesake: Tunkhannock Creek

Founding: 1841 (incorporation); 1842 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,766

Population (historic): 561 (1850); 953 (1870); 1,305 (1900); 1,973 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1960; 1980s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 461 (53.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Farm (c. 1890). 830 Dickinson Road. Falls. Eastlake.