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Welcome to the Tunkhannock Home page. The Tunkhannock Home page provides as much information as possible on Tunkhannock. Knowing Tunkhannock’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Tunkhannock’s Home page, you will also find Tunkhannock’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Tunkhannock has a population of 6760. 45.4% of Tunkhannock’s inhabitants are Male, and 54.6 are female. 43.6% of Tunkhannock is married and 91.9% own their own home. The Average Home price is $164,618, and the average rent is $1,106. Household median income in Tunkhannock is $63,372, and the individual median income is $27,075. Tunkhannock’s Ethnic is the following: White(57.9%), Black(20.6%), Other(13.4%), Hispanic(12.1%), Asian(6.9%), Multiple(0.7%), Native(0.5%).


Tunkhannock is a borough in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Wilkes-Barre. In the past, lumbering was carried on extensively. Today, many residents are employed by the Procter & Gamble plant in nearby Washington Township. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 1,766.


It is the county seat of Wyoming County. Tunkhannock is in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name Tunkhannock is derived from the Minsi-Len'api term Ptuk'hanna'unk, which means "Bend-in-river-place," especially to the town's west, upstream at the radical bend called "The Neck." Modern Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, The Tunkhannock Historic District, bounded by Tioga, Pine, and Harrison Sts and Wyoming Ave, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in August 2005.Tunkhannock is 88 miles (142 km) northwest of Allentown and 141.7 miles (228.0 km) northwest of New York City.


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