Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1786
Parent county: Northumberland

Namesake: Anne-César de la Luzerne, French diplomat
Seat: Wilkes-Barre (1786–)

Land area: 890 square miles

Population (2020): 325,594

Population (historic): 4,892 (1790); 44,006 (1840); 160,915 (1870); 257,121 (1900); 445,109 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1870; 1880–1930; 1970s; 2000–2020

Subdivisions: Four cities; 36 boroughs; 27 CDPs; 36 townships

National Register listings: 38

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 53,652 (35.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 60.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 24.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,905
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,946
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,965
Average farm size (1920): 43 acres
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Wilkes-Barre

Namesake: John Wilkes and Isaac Barré, British and Irish politicians

Founding: 1769 (founding); 1795 (post office); 1806 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 44,328

Population (historic): 835 (1800); 1,718 (1840); 10,174 (1870); 51,721 (1900); 86,626 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1810; 1820–1930; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,720 (49.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *William Harter House (1822/1870s). 968 State Route 239. Conyngham. Federal/Italianate.
2. *Union Reformed Church (1833). State Route 239, south of Ruckle Hill Road. Conyngham. Federal/Italianate.
3. *Abram Harvey House (c. 1850). 1411 Bethel Hill Road. Huntington. Greek Revival.
4. *Hillside / William Conyngham Estate (1882). 65 Hillside Road. Kingston. Queen Anne/Tudor Revival.
5. *Luke Swetland House (1797/1803/1809/1813). 885 Wyoming Avenue. Kingston. Federal.
6. *Amos Brown Farm (c. 1880). 63 Idetown Road. Lehman. Italianate.
7. *Benjamin Evans House (c. 1855). 463 Black Creek Road. Nescopeck. Italianate.
8. Stephen Yost House (c. 1875). 437 Rock Glen Road. Sugarloaf. Italianate.