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Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 41°12′21″N 76°03′58″W / 41.20583°N 76.06611°W / 41.20583; -76.06611
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Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania
Hunlock Creek is located in Pennsylvania
Hunlock Creek
Hunlock Creek
Hunlock Creek is located in the United States
Hunlock Creek
Hunlock Creek
Coordinates: 41°12′21″N 76°03′58″W / 41.20583°N 76.06611°W / 41.20583; -76.06611
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyLuzerne
TownshipHunlock
Elevation
528 ft (161 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
18621
Area code(s)272 & 570
GNIS feature ID1203858[1]

Hunlock Creek is an unincorporated community in Hunlock Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The community is located along the Susquehanna River and U.S. Route 11, 3.2 miles (5.1 km) west of Nanticoke. Hunlock Creek has a post office with ZIP code 18621.[2][3] In 1940, a regional guidebook noted that the town, "its shacks resting in a mountain cleft, is named for the coal-blackened stream that splits it into a number of sections. US 11 parallels the winding river through a long valley that broadens out occasionally to include a cultivated tract on the river flat."[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hunlock Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  4. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Keystone State (1st ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 478.